Hi, On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:23 AM, C. Masloch <c...@bttr-software.de> wrote: > > The problem is that even with FreeDOS's "SHARE" loaded, file system > corruption occurs (reproducibly), and in cases that do not fail on MS-DOS > with MS-DOS's "SHARE" loaded.
In very rare cases only, though. > If there are enough active kernel developers around, eventually one of > them should ask me for the small test case program that I created, or > other technical information required to fix this bug; > > Besides, that is a typical case that the type of fix I'd propose would > correctly[*] handle, but the addressed underlying design flaw can cause > other failures as well (such as when deleting an opened file; according to > RBIL's Int21.41 description "SHARE" should insure that no file system > corruption occurs then). Admittedly nobody wants corruption, but I don't think most people rely on deleting open files (except POSIX, so it's probably only a problem when porting GNU stuff to DJGPP). > Additionally, the two opens need not necessarily come from the same > program. After all, there is resident software (besides networking > servers) which does (write-)access files. Yes, but the point is that practically "nobody" (or not enough) has encountered this "bug" frequently enough to care to even whine, much less fix it themselves, so far. Obviously I'm in favor of fixing it (esp. in lieu of "just using Linux"), but I'm not a kernel dev. In other words, the implied consensus seems to be that it's "low priority" (though I suspect others are just busy with other things). So if they aren't overly concerned, I guess I shouldn't be either. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
