Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 10:41:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 10:41:02 -0500 Received: from air-2.osdl.org ([65.201.151.6]:59776 "EHLO doc.pdx.osdl.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 10:40:48 -0500 Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 07:40:43 -0800 From: Bob Miller To: John Covici Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.7 process accounting bombs out Message-ID: <20020327074043.A2280@doc.pdx.osdl.net> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 01:50:35AM -0500, John Covici wrote: > Whenever I try to start the init script for process accounting I get > the following error: > > Mar 27 00:02:02 ccs kernel: kernel BUG at acct.c:169! > Mar 27 00:02:02 ccs kernel: invalid operand: 0000 > Mar 27 00:02:02 ccs kernel: CPU: 0 > Mar 27 00:02:02 ccs kernel: EIP: 0010:[acct_file_reopen+8/208] > Not tainted > Mar 27 00:02:02 ccs kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 > > The system doesn't go down, but is there any way to fix this? > > Thanks. > > -- > John Covici > covici@ccs.covici.com Apply the patch below. -- Bob Miller Email: rem@osdl.org Open Source Development Lab Phone: 503.626.2455 Ext. 17 # This is a BitKeeper generated patch for the following project: # Project Name: Linux kernel tree # This patch format is intended for GNU patch command version 2.5 or higher. # This patch includes the following deltas: # ChangeSet 1.537 -> 1.538 # kernel/acct.c 1.8 -> 1.9 # # The following is the BitKeeper ChangeSet Log # -------------------------------------------- # 02/03/21 rem@doc.pdx.osdl.net 1.538 # Fixed acct.c code by removing the BUG_ON code because it doesn't work # on UP systems. # -------------------------------------------- # diff -Nru a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c --- a/kernel/acct.c Thu Mar 21 11:32:05 2002 +++ b/kernel/acct.c Thu Mar 21 11:32:05 2002 @@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ { struct file *old_acct = NULL; - BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&acct_globals.lock)); - if (acct_globals.file) { old_acct = acct_globals.file; del_timer(&acct_globals.timer); - 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/