Re: 2.6.24-rc2-mm1

Gabriel C
2007-11-14T05:27:36Z

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:41:38 +0100 Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Uff clone-prepare-to-recycle-clone_detached-and-clone_stopped.patch *really* spams.
>> Looks like some programs are using this 'deprecated flag'.
>>
>> Could this have some CONFIG_SPAM_ME_PLEASE ?;)
>>
>> This is what I got in some minutes :
>>
>>
>> --dmesg|grep 'used deprecated clone flags'|sed 's/.*] //'|sort -u
>> fork(): process `artsd' used deprecated clone flags 0x400000
>> fork(): process `firefox-bin' used deprecated clone flags 0x400000
>> fork(): process `gcompris' used deprecated clone flags 0x400000
>> fork(): process `qgit' used deprecated clone flags 0x400000
>> fork(): process `thunderbird-bin' used deprecated clone flags 0x400000
>> fork(): process `wish' used deprecated clone flags 0x400000
>> fork(): process `xchat' used deprecated clone flags 0x400000
>> fork(): process `kdbus' used deprecated clone flags 0x400000
>>
>> --dmesg|grep 'used deprecated clone flags'|wc -l
>> 151
>
> hm, that was supposed to shut itself off after 100 messages:
>
> if (unlikely(clone_flags & (CLONE_DETACHED|CLONE_STOPPED))) {
> static int __read_mostly count = 100;
>
> if (count && printk_ratelimit()) {
> char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
>
> count--;
> printk(KERN_INFO "fork(): process `%s' used deprecated "
> "clone flags 0x%lx\n",
> get_task_comm(comm, current),
> clone_flags & (CLONE_DETACHED|CLONE_STOPPED));
> }
> }
>
> I don't see how you got 151 instances. I guess I'm having another stupid
> day.
>

No idea how I got this I just grepped the dmesg =)

> Oh well. That's CLONE_DETACHED and I think Ulrich's question just got
> answered.
>
> Which distro/version are you running?

I'm using Frugalware Linux 'current' right now with the following software :

-- sh scripts/ver_linux
If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version.
Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes.

Linux lara 2.6.24-rc2-mm1 #4 SMP Wed Nov 14 05:47:48 CET 2007 i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Gnu C 4.2.2
Gnu make 3.81
binutils 2.18.50.0.2.20071001
util-linux 2.13
mount 2.13
module-init-tools 3.2.2
e2fsprogs 1.40.2
xfsprogs 2.9.4
pcmciautils 014
Linux C Library 2.7
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.7
Linux C++ Library so.6.0
Procps 3.2.7
Net-tools 1.60
Kbd 1.12
Sh-utils 6.9
udev 116
Modules Loaded fuse pc87360 hwmon_vid eeprom adm1021 ext4dev jbd2 crc16 loop lp 3c59x intel_agp mii agpgart sr_mod parport_pc cdrom iTCO_wdt parport thermal dcdbas i82860_edac iTCO_vendor_support evdev i2c_i801 button pcspkr processor edac_core watchdog_core shpchp pci_hotplug watchdog_dev

>
> Thanks for letting us know....
>