From: "Jörn Engel" <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
To: syed khader <khader_s_s@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: CRC errors when continuous fseek/fputs on JFFS2
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 17:57:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060515155759.GC10730@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060515154606.GB10730@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:46:06 +0200, Jörn Engel wrote:
>
> fopen(...,"w") will set fpos to 0. fseek(..., -4, SEEK_CUR) then sets
> it _back_. I would assume that an integer underflow happens next and
> fpos is close to 2^31, 2^32, 2^63 or 2^64. What is certain is that
> your testcase is not a valid piece of code.
I am an idiot. fseek doesn't go negative, as you write first.
> Can you try to change your testcase in two ways:
> o replace fopen/fseek/fwrite etc. with open/seek/write etc.
> o seek to something large directly after open
> and retest with that?
However, I always dislike extra layers when debugging. So
replacing fopen and friends with open is still a good idea.
Jörn
--
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that
something else is more important than fear.
-- Ambrose Redmoon
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-15 15:15 CRC errors when continuous fseek/fputs on JFFS2 syed khader
2006-05-15 15:46 ` Jörn Engel
2006-05-15 15:57 ` Jörn Engel [this message]
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2006-05-16 12:40 ` syed khader
2006-05-16 14:26 ` Jörn Engel
2006-05-16 15:01 ` syed khader
2006-05-16 15:31 ` Jörn Engel
2006-05-17 5:12 ` syed khader
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