261 – Kernel 2.4.18-pre3 locks hard on "dd if=file of=/dev/fd0"

Bug 261 - Kernel 2.4.18-pre3 locks hard on "dd if=file of=/dev/fd0"

Summary: Kernel 2.4.18-pre3 locks hard on "dd if=file of=/dev/fd0"

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High critical (vote)
Assignee:	Michael Cohen (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-01-21 11:59 UTC by Brent Cook
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Brent Cook 2002-01-21 11:59:19 UTC

When writing a floppy image, I noticed this. Since I was not using XFS, I
continued using this kernel. Behavior is not present in 2.4.16/17 kernels.

Comment 1 Brent Cook 2002-01-23 19:23:01 UTC

The lock does not occur with a stock 2.4.18-pre6 kernel.

Comment 2 Bruce A. Locke 2002-01-26 14:59:26 UTC

I'd mark this as WONTFIX because 2.4.18-pre3+mjc3 is known to corrupt XFS
filesystems, etc and is thus masked out.  Drobbins indicated that he will work
on new ebuilds with a different patch set so I'd say 2.4.18-pre3 shouldn't be
used :)

I'd recommend reverting back to linux-sources-2.4.17-r1.