From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754118AbYHRVE1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:04:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751873AbYHRVES (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:04:18 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:40662 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751684AbYHRVER (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:04:17 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:04:14 -0400 From: Aristeu Rozanski To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, jirislaby@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: kill tty->count usage (v2) Message-ID: <20080818210414.GB7154@redhat.com> References: <20080808213625.GK20355@redhat.com> <20080808222635.4fe52b51@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20080812145812.GH7154@redhat.com> <20080818181902.59ac763b@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080818181902.59ac763b@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Alan, > > The commit e0426e6a09954d205da2d674a3d368d2715e3afd fixes a real race but > > still isn't enough to prevent these: > > > > kobject_add_internal failed for vcs7 with -EEXIST, don't try to register > > things with the same name in the same direc. > > Patch dropped due to testing failures. > > Boot to run level 3, log in and type "reboot\n". Wait > > Spews vt->driver_data == NULL warnings and oopses do you mind posting the logs somewhere? I wasn't able to reproduce it here so far. -- Aristeu