linux-kernel - FIFO: problems after changing size

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Date:	Wed, 20 May 2009 15:55:28 +0100
From:	Jacques Dirac <jacquesdirac@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: FIFO: problems after changing size

Hi,

In the kernel source (/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h) I have adjusted the
size of the FIFOs (named pipes):

#define PIPE_SIZE 8192

This used to be PAGE_SIZE (=4096bytes?).

Now when I read from the pipe (using the read function in a C program)
and the pipe contains more than 4096 bytes, my process crashes and
gives a Segmentation Fault.

Could someone help me on this?

Thanks in advance!

Jacques Dirac.
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