From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Sujith Nayak <nayak_27@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: shared mem problem
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 02:50:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040604005001.GA21250@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040603143153.42483.qmail@web60703.mail.yahoo.com>
On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:31:53PM +0100, Sujith Nayak wrote:
> I am currently working on a board powered by a MIPS
> processor, using Linux kernel 2.4.2. The problem that
> I am facing is, whenever I create a shared memory
> using shmget(), shmat(), etc. APIs, I always see that
> the shared mem is created with 0 bytes. As a result
> any access to it bombs the process.
>
> Anyone has any idea, I will be grateful for your
> response. I had a look at the patch-2.4.2-ac23, which
> talks about the some shared mem lock up problem. But I
> cannot apply the patch as it is because my customer
> has pruned the kernel so much that the patch does not
> apply right away.
This doesn't look like the fingerprint of any known problem. Anyway,
discussing 2.4.2 bugs is pointless - you're missing over three years
worth of bugfixes.
Ralf
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-04 0:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-03 14:31 shared mem problem Sujith Nayak
2004-06-03 20:30 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-06-04 0:50 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
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