Subject: Re: mmap problem?
To: Nick Hudson <nick@nthcliff.demon.co.uk>
From: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/15/2000 09:14:23
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Nick Hudson wrote:
> Simon Burge wrote:
> > I see a core dump from tail when I try to tail a large (in this
> > case 12MB) file that's on a nullfs mount.  I can tail a file on
> > the underlying filesystem fine.  Are you using nullfs mounts?
>
> Actually, yes. It always cored when the file was being written to, but now it doesn't.

Using a -current kernel (with UBC)? mmap() is broken on some
filesystems...
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2000/12/14/0001.html
(I guess nullfs is on the list of bad filesystems too)...
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