Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265617AbTGIBzH (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 21:55:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265624AbTGIBzG (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 21:55:06 -0400 Received: from www.13thfloor.AT ([212.16.59.250]:57481 "EHLO www.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265617AbTGIBzB (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jul 2003 21:55:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 04:09:43 +0200 From: Herbert Poetzl To: Andrew Morton Cc: arvidjaar@mail.ru, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.5.74] devfs lookup deadlock/stack corruption combined patch Message-ID: <20030709020943.GA25422@www.13thfloor.at> Reply-To: herbert@13thfloor.at Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Morton , arvidjaar@mail.ru, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200307072306.15995.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20030707140010.4268159f.akpm@osdl.org> <200307082149.17918.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20030709012014.GA19777@www.13thfloor.at> <20030708182620.590edd06.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030708182620.590edd06.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2018 Lines: 59 On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 06:26:20PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Herbert Poetzl wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 09:49:17PM +0400, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > > > > > > I do not want to sound like it has to be ignored - > > > but devfs code is so messy that no trivial fix exists > > > that would not make code even more messy. > > > > sorry to interrupt, but wasn't there an ongoing > > efford to replace the devfs with smalldevfs or > > something even better? *hint* > > > > Yes, but > > a) It didn't have a compatible solution for the legacy device > names (/dev/hda, etc). Could have been fixed up in userspace > but the work was not done. I might be totally wrong, as I can only speak for 2.4 (which has no ongoing/forgotten smalldevfs efford ;), but devfs has definitely divided the users into two groups (think religion/war) ... the group using devfs, usually doesn't care about the 'compatibility' issue, the other doesn't care at all ... so this isn't an issue at all ... > b) Certain parties youknowwhoyouare seem to have been stricken > by smalldevfs amnesia. maybe this helps youknowwhoyoumean to remember ... > I'm hoping that smalldevfs comes back. > The current thing is a running sore. I'm hoping too, and I would like to see it on 2.6 as well as 2.4 ... using 2.4 I'm currently bound to devfs, as I'm one of the pro-devfs guys, and I think Richard Gooch did a great work with it ... (maybe a little too much work actually ;) best, Herbert > > - > 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/ - 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/