Subject: kern/13774: NEW_PIPE failure after 1MB data
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Geoff C.Wing <gcw@primenet.com.au>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/23/2001 23:37:35
>Number: 13774
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: NEW_PIPE failure after 1MB data
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 23 06:35:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Geoff C. Wing
>Release: ~2001/08/20
>Organization:
Geoff Wing : <gcw@pobox.com>
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>Environment:
System: NetBSD c.primenet.com.au 1.5X NetBSD 1.5X (C) #0: Tue Aug 21 23:01:27 EST 2001 gcw@ruby.primenet.com.au:/usr/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/C i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
Problem exhibited with kernels compiled with NEW_PIPE. Other
kernels work.
% wc Mail/somemail
317373 601445 21912098 Mail/somemail
% tail -n 50000 Mail/somemail | wc
tail: stdout: Undefined error: 0
13598 13602 1045746
On a non easily line-split file (e.g. gzip'd data), it'll die
at 1048576.
>How-To-Repeat:
Obvious
>Fix:
?
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: