Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757096Ab0BKU5s (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:57:48 -0500 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:36936 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756944Ab0BKU5r (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:57:47 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:57:45 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Jiri Slaby Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg KH , Kay Sievers , Andi Kleen Subject: Re: oops in uevent_helper [was: mmotm 2010-01-13-12-17 uploaded] Message-ID: <20100211205745.GA18202@basil.fritz.box> References: <201001132042.o0DKgaSR027272@imap1.linux-foundation.org> <4B50C2FA.4020100@gmail.com> <4B50FC78.9010107@gmail.com> <20100122155237.e93a1c55.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4B730EE3.4080405@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B730EE3.4080405@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1388 Lines: 41 On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 08:54:11PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > On 01/23/2010 12:52 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:38:32 +0100 > > Jiri Slaby wrote: > > > >> (fixed subject) > >> > >> On 01/15/2010 08:33 PM, Jiri Slaby wrote: > >>> On 01/13/2010 09:17 PM, akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote: > >>>> The mm-of-the-moment snapshot 2010-01-13-12-17 has been uploaded to > >>> > >>> Hi, it crashes on my machine while booting up. It is a regression > >>> against 2010-01-06-14-34. Doesn't it ring a bell by a chance? > >> > >> Well, memcpying to something like this: > >> char *uevent_helper = CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH; > >> doesn't sound like a good idea :). > >> > >> And it's racy with sysctl path anyway. > >> > >> Looks like added by: > >> sysctl-convert-hotplug-helper-string-to-proc_rcu_string.patch > > Ping Andi. Sorry, busy with other stuff right now. There was at least one other unsolved problem in this patch series. I'll try to look at it on the weekend. Andrew, it's ok for me if you just drop the series for now; I'll resubmit. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- 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/