From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for December 9 Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 17:30:48 -0800 Message-ID: <20081209173048.18382f6d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <20081209185237.8bb715d7.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <20081209153418.4628723d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20081209161511.15fe8cdb.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:39827 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752835AbYLJBbD (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2008 20:31:03 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Kay Sievers Cc: sfr@canb.auug.org.au, linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, adobriyan@gmail.com, Greg , NeilBrown On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:31:13 +0100 "Kay Sievers" wrote: > > akpm2:/home/akpm# udevmonitor > > udevmonitor prints the received event from the kernel [UEVENT] > > and the event which udev sends out after rule processing [UDEV] > > > > UDEV [1228867146.103334] add@/class/bdi/9:0 > > UDEV [1228867146.107566] remove@/block/md0 > > UDEV [1228867146.111969] remove@/class/bdi/9:0 > > UEVENT[1228867146.119889] add@/block/md0 > > UEVENT[1228867146.119964] add@/class/bdi/9:0 > > UEVENT[1228867146.120162] remove@/class/bdi/9:0 > > UEVENT[1228867146.120205] remove@/block/md0 > > UDEV [1228867146.122839] add@/block/md0 > > UDEV [1228867146.129125] add@/class/bdi/9:0 > > UDEV [1228867146.133459] remove@/block/md0 > > UDEV [1228867146.137813] remove@/class/bdi/9:0 > > UEVENT[1228867146.145652] add@/block/md0 > > Weird loop, something is accessing /dev/md0, i guess, which creates > the kernel device, and the event, which accesses /dev/md0 again and it > goes crazy. Maybe caused by changes Neil did. I knew an Australian was to blame - it's just a matter of determining which one. > Do you use md devices on that box? Nope.