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Re: [MiNT] Fatal error at pipefs.c



On Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 03:18:57PM +0300, Martin-Eric Racine wrote:
> > > > 	assert(x) failed at line 1153 in pipefs.c
> > > > 	Please reboot....
> > 
> > In my case, the message is:
> > 
> > pid 93 (SHUTDOWN): dispose_fileptr: f->links == -1
> > 
> > using Konrad's latest shutdown 0.5 package.
> 
> What does this "dispose_fileptr" error code mean, btw?
> Is that why Ext2 isn't closed properly?

It means that the error occurs in the function dispose_fileptr().

Dispose_fileptr() is the function where all resources related to the open
file descriptor get freed.  The meaning?  No idea, seems like a file gets
unlinked too often (so that the link count becomes negative).

Ciao

Guido
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