Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266102AbUALJTa (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 04:19:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266105AbUALJTa (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 04:19:30 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:40408 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266102AbUALJT2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 04:19:28 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:19:03 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Peter Yao , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: smp dead lock of io_request_lock/queue_lock patch Message-ID: <20040112091903.GD24638@suse.de> References: <4002CC23.6000105@exavio.com.cn> <1073898527.4428.1.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1073898527.4428.1.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 855 Lines: 24 On Mon, Jan 12 2004, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 17:32, Peter Yao wrote: > > Hi, > > I found a smp dead lock in io_request_lock/queue_lock patch in redhat's > > 2.4.18-4 kernel. > > 1) Bugs in vendor kernels are best reported to the vendor, in this case > in http://bugzilla.redhat.com > 2) 2.4.18-4 is really old and has been superceeded by updates a few > dozen times > 3) 2.4.18-4 has both remote and local security issues and datacorruption > issues 4) The problem reported and patch looks real, though, maybe a little credit and thanks would be appropriate as well? -- Jens Axboe - 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/