#9972 NORM 1.5-sof: openfirmware writes fail on an ext2 filesystem with large_file feature set

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#9972: openfirmware writes fail on an ext2 filesystem with large_file feature set
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           Reporter:  Quozl                |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com                
               Type:  defect               |      Status:  assigned                         
           Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  1.5-software-update              
          Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:                       |    Keywords:                                   
        Next_action:  add to build         |    Verified:  0                                
Deployment_affected:                       |   Blockedby:                                   
           Blocking:                       |  
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Comment(by Quozl):

 I tried with 33d and got directory content corruption then the abort on
 second copy:

 {{{

 ok dir u:\
 ext2-file-system
 ---drwxr-xr-x      4096  2010-02-07 21:38:13  .
 ---drwxr-xr-x      4096  2010-02-07 21:38:13  ..
 ---drwx------     16384  2010-02-07 21:37:33  lost+found
 ---drwxr-xr-x      4096  2010-02-07 21:38:13  boot
 ----rw-r--r--         0  2010-02-07 21:38:13  touched
 ----rw-r--r--         6  2010-02-07 21:38:13  hello
 ----rw-r--r--        12  2010-02-07 21:38:13  hello-world
 ----rw-r--r--        29  2010-02-07 21:38:13  date
 ---lrwxrwxrwx         5  2010-02-07 21:38:13  hello-link -> hello
 ---drwxr-xr-x      4096  2010-02-07 21:38:13  directory
 ---lrwxrwxrwx         9  2010-02-07 21:38:13  directory-link -> directory
 ---?rw-r--r--         0  2010-02-07 21:38:13  fifo
 ---?rw-r--r--         0  2010-02-07 21:38:13  node
 ok copy u:\hello u:\copy
 ok dir u:\
 ext2-file-system
 ---drwxr-xr-x      4096  2010-02-07 21:38:13  .
 ---drwxr-xr-x      4096  2010-02-07 21:38:13  ..
 ---drwx------     16384  2010-02-07 21:37:33  lost+found
 ---drwxr-xr-x      4096  2010-02-07 21:38:13  boot
 ----rw-r--r--         0  2010-02-07 21:38:13  touched
 ----rw-r--r--         6  2010-02-07 21:38:13  hello
 ----rw-r--r--        12  2010-02-07 21:38:13  hello-world
 ----rw-r--r--        29  2010-02-07 21:38:13  date
 ---lrwxrwxrwx         5  2010-02-07 21:38:13  hello-link -> hello
 ---drwxr-xr-x      4096  2010-02-07 21:38:13  directory
 ---?r-x-w-r-x        81  1973-09-21 06:21:52  directory-link
 ---?rwxrwxrwx 4294967295  2106-02-06 06:28:15  fifo
 ---lrwxrwxrwx         9  2010-02-07 21:38:13  node
 ---?rw-r--r--         0  2010-02-07 21:38:13  copy
 ok copy u:\hello u:\copy
 Overwrite u:\copy? [y/n]? y
 1 attempt to destroy file system
 1 attempt to corrupt superblock or group descriptor
 ok banner
 OLPC D3, 512 MiB memory installed, S/N SHC9500001C
 OpenFirmware  CL1   Q3A33d Q3A   EC Firmware Ver:1.9.22

 ok

 }}}

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