Hi, all. Version 199.8 of my devfs patch is now available from:
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/kernel-patches.html
The devfs FAQ is also available here.
Patch directly available from:
ftp://ftp.??.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rgooch/v2.4/devfs-patch-current.gz
AND:
ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/people/rgooch/linux/kernel-patches/v2.4/devfs-patch-current.gz
This is against 2.4.18-pre4. Highlights of this release:
- Fixed deadlock bug in <devfs_d_revalidate_wait>
- Tag VFS deletable in <devfs_mk_symlink> if handle ignored
- Updated README from master HTML file
- Fixed kdev_none macro in include/linux/kdev_t.h
Regards,
Richard....
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Current: [email protected]
>>>>> "richard" == Richard Gooch <[email protected]> writes:
richard> Hi, all. Version 199.8 of my devfs patch is now available from:
richard> http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/kernel-patches.html
richard> The devfs FAQ is also available here.
richard> Patch directly available from:
richard> ftp://ftp.??.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rgooch/v2.4/devfs-patch-current.gz
richard> AND:
richard> ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/people/rgooch/linux/kernel-patches/v2.4/devfs-patch-current.gz
richard> This is against 2.4.18-pre4. Highlights of this release:
richard> - Fixed deadlock bug in <devfs_d_revalidate_wait>
I still has that bug with 2.4.18-pre7, and it has this patch applied.
stack traces are:
p1:
schedule()
devfs_de_revalidate_wait()
cached_lookup()
lookup_hash()
sys_unlink()
system_call()
p2:
schedule()
wait_for_devfsd_finished()
devfs_lookup(()
lookup_hash()
unix_bind()
sys_bind()
sys_socketcall()
system_call()
the thing that they are tring to create/remove is /dev/log.
And devfsd is already running in that state:
__schedule()
__down()
__down_failed()
__text_lock_namei()
This has worked normally until now, it has beggining to fail yesterday.
Later, Juan.
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