Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 07:40:03 GMT From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/127213: [tmpfs] sendfile on tmpfs data corruption Message-ID: <200810060740.m967e3jt015065@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/127213; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> To: Nate Eldredge <neldredge@math.ucsd.edu> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/127213: [tmpfs] sendfile on tmpfs data corruption Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:36:38 +0400 (MSD) Hello, On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, 06:40-0000, Nate Eldredge wrote: [...] > Incidentally, to the initial reporter, what application do you have > that requires sendfile? In my experience, most things will fall > back to a read/write loop if sendfile fails, since sendfile isn't > available on all systems or under all circumstances. So if you > apply the quick fix so that sendfile always fails, it might at > least get your application working again. > As stated in the PR Andrey used nginx (ports/www/nginx). But I could easily reproduce the bug with the stock ftpd(8) with the ftproot on tmpfs. -- Maxim Konovalov
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