[bug #38356] xargs -P option creates wrong result

[Frank Huang]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38356>

                 Summary: xargs -P option creates wrong result
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: congshi
            Submitted on: Wed 20 Feb 2013 05:52:40 PM GMT
                Category: xargs
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.4.2
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

I searched and did not find related fix/bug

script ff
find . -type f \( -name "*\.[cC]" -o -name "*\.[hH]" -o -name
"*\.[cC][pP][pP]" \) | xargs -I"{}" grep -Hn $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 "{}"

script ff0
find . -type f \( -name "*\.[cC]" -o -name "*\.[hH]" -o -name
"*\.[cC][pP][pP]" \) | xargs -P0 -I"{}" grep -Hn $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9
"{}"

cd to kernel source /usr/src/linux
and run the scripts as
    ff -w long > /dev/shm/1
and
    ff0 -w long > /dev/shm/0

The result is different and the line in /dev/shm/0 are mangled and the file
size is smaller.

Slackware 13.0.0.0.0

uname -a                
Linux test 2.6.36.2-smp #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec 11 15:28:02 PST 2012 i686
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5345  @ 2.33GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

xargs --version
xargs (GNU findutils) 4.4.2
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Eric B. Decker, James Youngman, and Kevin Dalley.
Built using GNU gnulib version e5573b1bad88bfabcda181b9e0125fb0c52b7d3b






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