dd segv's unless status=noxfer flag used

Binary package hint: coreutils

# dpkg -s coreutils
Package: coreutils
Essential: yes
Status: install ok installed
Priority: required
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 8228
Maintainer: Michael Stone <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 5.93-5ubuntu4

# ls -l /tmp/index ; strace dd if=/tmp/index of=/tmp/index1 bs=10k ; ls -l /tmp/index1 ; cmp -l /tmp/index /tmp/index1
-rw-r--r-- 1 jc jc 10240 2006-09-09 10:11 /tmp/index
execve("/bin/dd", ["dd", "if=/tmp/index", "of=/tmp/index1", "bs=10k"], [/* 34 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="icebox", ...}) = 0
brk(0) = 0x8052000
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f14000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f13000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f12000
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=46187, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 46187, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f06000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20\36\0"..., 512) = 512fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=28116, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 30888, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7efe000
old_mmap(0xb7f05000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6000) = 0xb7f05000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\220O\1"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1232784, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 1238972, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7dcf000
old_mmap(0xb7ef4000, 28672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x125000) = 0xb7ef4000
old_mmap(0xb7efb000, 10172, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7efb000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`H\0\000"..., 512) = 512fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=86580, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 71064, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7dbd000
old_mmap(0xb7dcc000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe000) = 0xb7dcc000
old_mmap(0xb7dcd000, 5528, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7dcd000
close(3) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7dbc000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7dbc8e0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
munmap(0xb7f06000, 46187) = 0
set_tid_address(0xb7dbc928) = 3565
rt_sigaction(SIGRTMIN, {0xb7dc13b0, [], SA_SIGINFO}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {0xb7dc1430, [], SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0
getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM_INFINITY}) = 0
_sysctl({{CTL_KERN, KERN_VERSION, 0, 20ac9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, 2, 0xbfd286fc, 38, (nil), 0}) = 0
brk(0) = 0x8052000
brk(0x8073000) = 0x8073000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2586, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f11000
read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2586
read(3, "", 4096) = 0
close(3) = 0
munmap(0xb7f11000, 4096) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=366, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 366, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f11000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=45568, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f10000
read(3, "# GNU libc iconv configuration.\n"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "lias\tJS//\t\t\tJUS_I.B1.002//\nalias"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "ule\tINTERNAL\t\tISO-8859-3//\t\tISO8"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "lias\tISO-IR-199//\t\tISO-8859-14//"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "\t\tto\t\t\tmodule\t\tcost\nalias\tCSEBCD"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "ule\t\tcost\nalias\tCP284//\t\t\tIBM284"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "lias\tCP864//\t\t\tIBM864//\nalias\t86"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "module\tIBM937//\t\tINTERNAL\t\tIBM93"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "\tEUC-JP//\nalias\tUJIS//\t\t\tEUC-JP/"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "module\t\tcost\nalias\tISO-IR-143//\t"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "-BOX//\nmodule\tISO_10367-BOX//\t\tI"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "module\tINTERNAL\t\tEUC-JISX0213//\t"..., 4096) = 512
read(3, "", 4096) = 0
close(3) = 0
munmap(0xb7f10000, 4096) = 0
futex(0xb7efac4c, FUTEX_WAKE, 2147483647) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=23, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 23, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f10000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 56, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0f000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=127, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 127, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0e000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=62, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 62, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0d000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 34, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0c000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=52, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 52, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0b000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=290, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 290, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0a000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_COLLATE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_COLLATE", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=880086, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 880086, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ce5000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2451, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 2451, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f09000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=54, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 54, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f08000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=208464, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 208464, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7cb2000
close(3) = 0
close(0) = 0
open("/tmp/index", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 0
_llseek(0, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0
close(1) = 0
open("/tmp/index1", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 1
rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {0x8049a2c, [INT USR1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x8049a1f, [INT USR1], SA_NOMASK|SA_ONESHOT}, NULL, 8) = 0clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {2887952, 448314263}) = 0
read(0, "Tape label for Sat Sep 9 01:26:"..., 10240) = 10240
write(1, "Tape label for Sat Sep 9 01:26:"..., 10240) = 10240
read(0, "", 10240) = 0
close(0) = 0
close(1) = 0
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, {2887952, 455279263}) = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = 0
fstat64(0, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=239094, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 239094, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 0, 0) = 0xb7c77000
close(0) = 0
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(2, "1+0 records in\n1+0 records out\n", 311+0 records in
1+0 records out
) = 31
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10240 2006-09-09 10:47 /tmp/index1
# env | grep LANG
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en_US:en_GB:en