Hi! I think that this is a bug. The buffer is always released except in this case. Bye. ---------------------------------------------------- *** /usr/src/linux-2.4.1/fs/ext2/namei.c Tue Dec 12 16:48:22 2000 --- namei.c.new Thu Feb 15 20:42:45 2001 *************** *** 235,240 **** --- 235,241 ---- return retval; if (dir->i_size <= offset) { if (dir->i_size == 0) { + brelse(bh); return -ENOENT; } ---------------------------------------------------- -- D. Juan Piernas Cánovas Departamento de Ingeniería y Tecnología de Computadores Facultad de Informática. Universidad de Murcia Campus de Espinardo - 30080 Murcia (SPAIN) Tel.: +34968367657 Fax: +34968364151 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP public key: http://pgp.rediris.es:11371/pks/lookup?search=piernas%40ditec.um.es&op=index - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/