Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264495AbTE1EVz (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 May 2003 00:21:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264496AbTE1EVz (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 May 2003 00:21:55 -0400 Received: from iucha.net ([209.98.146.184]:45131 "EHLO mail.iucha.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264495AbTE1EVy (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 May 2003 00:21:54 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 23:35:08 -0500 To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] procfs bug exposed by cdev changes Message-ID: <20030528043508.GQ3359@iucha.net> Mail-Followup-To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030528003105.GD27916@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Cbvl/UgeRTPlujdB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030528003105.GD27916@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> X-message-flag: Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Nevermind, you are coming with us! X-gpg-key: http://iucha.net/florin_iucha.gpg X-gpg-fingerprint: 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: florin@iucha.net (Florin Iucha) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1400 Lines: 45 --Cbvl/UgeRTPlujdB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 01:31:05AM +0100, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.= co.uk wrote: > Patch follows. It had fixed ALSA-triggered memory corruption here - > what happens in vanilla 2.5.70 is that clear_inode() is not called when > procfs character device inodes are freed. That leaves a freed inode on > a cyclic list, with obvious unpleasantness following when we try to trave= rse > it (e.g. when unregistering a device). >=20 > Please, apply. Folks who'd seen oopsen/memory corruption after > ALSA access - please, check if that fixes all problems. It works fine. The ALSA loads, plays and unloads without a problem. Thank you, florin --=20 "NT is to UNIX what a doughnut is to a particle accelerator." --Cbvl/UgeRTPlujdB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+1Dx8NLPgdTuQ3+QRAvNiAJ4srN5QEkdOOFyEM+W4s878hkIv4QCfXD+T 2rEVti16WtiC82rQK9adMgo= =bxjL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Cbvl/UgeRTPlujdB-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/