From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:32:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:32:01 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:21512 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:31:45 -0500 Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 00:31:40 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: David Welch Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] Using loop driver on 2.4.2-pre2 with loop4 patch Message-ID: <20010210003140.B7835@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20010209232842.A1118@whitehall1-5.seh.ox.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010209232842.A1118@whitehall1-5.seh.ox.ac.uk>; from david.welch@st-edmund-hall.oxford.ac.uk on Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 11:28:42PM +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 09 2001, David Welch wrote: > Hi, > > I received the following oops when using the loop driver on kernel > 2.4.2-pre2 patched with Jens Axboe's loop4 patch. I believe it occurs > because in loop.c, lo->lo_tsk is only assigned to by the loop thread when > it starts up but it is possible for block requests to be sent to the > loop drivers before this happens. Yep, this and other bugs have already been fixed. I will put out a loop-5 this weekend. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/