Index: mm/shmem.c
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RCS file: /home/gondolin/herbert/src/CVS/debian/kernel-source-2.4/mm/shmem.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.16
diff -u -r1.1.1.16 shmem.c
--- mm/shmem.c	17 Oct 2001 21:19:20 -0000	1.1.1.16
+++ mm/shmem.c	27 Oct 2001 23:34:51 -0000
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@
 		
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	info = SHMEM_I(inode);
-	inode->i_size = len;
+	inode->i_size = len - 1;
 	if (len <= sizeof(struct shmem_inode_info)) {
 		/* do it inline */
 		memcpy(info, symname, len);