From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 5 May 2001 15:38:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 5 May 2001 15:38:04 -0400 Received: from mailout03.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.81]:31749 "EHLO mailout03.sul.t-online.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 5 May 2001 15:37:56 -0400 Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 21:37:44 +0200 From: Marc Schiffbauer To: linux-kernel Subject: Re: 2.4.4 fork() problems (maybe) Message-ID: <20010505213744.B1809@lisa.links2linux.home> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <00fb01c0d596$afb30690$020a0a0a@totalmef> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <00fb01c0d596$afb30690$020a0a0a@totalmef>; from mag@fbab.net on Sat, May 05, 2001 at 09:07:53PM +0200 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.18-lisa01 i586 X-Editor: VIM 5.7.8 X-Homepage: http://www.links2linux.de Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Magnus Naeslund(f) schrieb am 05.05.01 um 21:07 Uhr: > Hello, I saw that there was something changed on how fork() works, and > wonder if this could be the cause my problem. > When i do a "su - " it just hangs. > When i run strace on it i see that it forks and wait()s on the child. > > Sometimes when i strace the su command it succeeds to give me a shell, > sometimes not. > But it allways fails when i don't strace it. > Hi Magnus, use 2.4.5-pre1 instead, Linus has undone the fork()-change for some reason ;-) Cheers -Marc -- +-O . . . o . . . O . . . o . . . O . . . ___ . . . O . . . o .-+ | Ein neuer Service von Links2Linux.de: / o\ RPMs for SuSE | | --> PackMan! <-- naeheres unter | __| and others | | http://packman.links2linux.de/ . . . O \__\ . . . O . . . O . |