Subject: Re: kernel panic in msdosfs_rename()
To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
From: Tim Walls <tim.walls@pa.press.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/05/2000 10:04:43
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> We've had a report of a bug in FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE (and up) in which a
> kernel panic may occur when moving file entries in FAT32 filesystems.
> The bug description and a proposed patch are available at:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=17347
> 
> Since the code in question was derived from NetBSD, I was hoping that
> someone on this list might have the time to test the How-To-Repeat (and
> the patch if needs be) in NetBSD-current.

Well, for what it's worth I can certainly confirm that in my
not-particularly-recent NetBSD-current (1.4S i386) the bug exists & kernel
panics.

I'll try out the patch (if noone else beats me to it,) but I'll
need to upgrade to the latest -current first, so it may take a while :*).

Cheers,
Tim.

-- 
Tim Walls