Patch-ID#  100174-01
Keywords: tmpfs, crash, fail assertion
Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.1: fixes for tmpfs bugs.
Date: 03-Dec-90
 
SunOS release: 4.1.1
 
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BugId's fixed with this patch: 1042350 1038651 1044192

Architectures for which this patch is available: sun3 sun3x sun4 sun4c

Obsoleted by:

Problem Description:


These files contain bug fixes for the following bugs:

1038651: Using tmpfs ie ram /tmp can cause data initialization with Fortran on SunOS 4.1.
1044192: hard link to a directory succeeds on tmpfs for non-root users
1042350: tmpfs problem with ftruncate test in SCTS from SUNVS.

INSTALL:

cp the new versions of tmp_vnodeops.o into /sys/($arch -k)/OBJ
after first saving the old versions aside as a precaution.

AS ROOT:
WHERE "sunX" is either sun3,sun3x,sun4,sun4c

# mv /sys/sunX/OBJ/tmp_vnodeops.o /sys/sunX/OBJ/tmp_vnodeops.o.orig
# cp sunX/tmp_vnodeops.o /sus/sunX/OBJ/tmp_vnodeops.o

run /etc/config on your kernel and do a make. Install the newly configured vmunix
and reboot. Refer to the Systems and Network administrations manual on how to configure
a kernel.