From: Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
To: Troels Walsted Hansen <troels@thule.no>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, greg@wind.enjellic.com,
joey@linux.de, David Hinds <dhinds@sonic.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] klogd busy loop on zero byte (output from 3c59x driver)
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:03:31 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A5DA113.DC8DB21C@uow.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CKECLHEEHJOPHGPCOCKPEECCCCAA.troels@thule.no>
Troels Walsted Hansen wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I found a bug in the sysklogd package version 1.4. When it encounters a zero
> byte in the kernel logging output, the text parser enters a busy loop. I
> came upon it when the 3c59x driver from kernel 2.4.0 started outputting two
> zero bytes for the product code of my laptop's 3Com card. It could be argued
> that the kernel should never output zero bytes in the logging info, but
> obviously that will happen from time to time.
Yep. %02x%02x it now is.
The code in question was snitched from pcmcia-cs's 3c575_cb.c, and
I assume David would have heard if it was busting klogd. Maybe
there's a klogd version problem, or maybe your NIC's EEPROM is hosed?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-11 11:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-11 8:48 [PATCH] klogd busy loop on zero byte (output from 3c59x driver) Troels Walsted Hansen
2001-01-11 11:41 ` Manfred
2001-01-11 12:03 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2001-01-11 14:06 ` Troels Walsted Hansen
2001-01-11 17:30 ` David Hinds
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