Bug#502452: kernel: UDF written file corrupted by zeros

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 06:04:53PM +0200, Jean-Michel wrote:
> Package: kernel
> Version: 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> Due to existing bugs I had with UDF in kernel 2.6.18, I use 2.6.24 for 8
> days.
> With 2.6.18 some file were not copied/created, when my log file was mainly
> right.
> With 2.6.24 my log file is corrupt.
> 
> Some monthes ago, I made one script which copy files to the 33 Gbytes IOMEGA /dev/hda
> drive I formatted just before, with udf filesystem, in the same time it
> writes the text log file.
> 
> Everithing looks nice, but begin of log file contains null bytes till
> around offset 0x06e3, when begin of this text file is missing.
> 
> The log file is obtained by redirecting stdout.

Sorry for the late reply.

Is this error reproducible or does it only occur from time to time?

If so, does it only show up with 2.6.24 and not with 2.6.18?

Cheers,
        Moritz