FW: "attempt to access beyond end of device" on shared UDF volumes

[Anthony Russello]

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to track down an issue in which writes to a UDF 
> volume that is shared via samba result in the following error:
> 
> <snip>
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 0b:01: rw=1, want=1120061380, limit=34181760
> </snip>
> 
> The 'want=' value is usually different, and can also be zero 
> in some instances.
> 
> The volume is an Iomega REV drive formatted using the UDF 
> filesystem.  Here are the specifications for my test system:
> 
> kernel 2.4.26
> applied the following patches:
>   - patches-be.dvd.ram-20040816 (from 
> http://iomrrdtools.sourceforge.net/)
> 
> samba version 3.0.5
> 
> The error occurs when I copy a folder with subfolders from a 
> Windows XP (both SP1 and SP2) workstation to a samba share 
> that is linked to the mount point for the Iomega REV drive.
> 
> It should be noted that I have not been able to reproduce 
> this issue when I connect to the same share using a linux 
> workstation (also running samba 3.0.5).  Also, this error 
> does not occur when I am copying files and folders locally on 
> the workstation with the REV drive.
> 
> The fact that I cannot seem to reproduce the error by copying 
> files and folders locally has me thinking it might be related 
> to samba and XP writing to a samba share.  
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.  Please reply to me directly 
> as I am not on this mailing list
> 
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>