RE: [PATCH] Kernel panic on IA-64 Linux with SELinux

Luck, Tony
2004-06-15T04:25:36Z

>There are similer problems
>(The condition of the loop termination depends on &init_task).
>- do_each_process() macro ... in include/linux/sched.h
>- is_devfsd_or_child() function ... in fs/devfs/base.c
>- get_tgid_list() function ... in fs/proc/base.c

Grepping through the kernel shows nine places where
generic code is using "&init_task". (Way up from the
one that existed when the kernel relocation patch was
first dreamed of :-( ) An no guarantee that people won't
add more.

Your option 2 is looking like the best choice.

-Tony