Re: 2.5.1-pre5 not easy to boot with devfs

Pierre Rousselet
2001-12-04T00:12:10Z

Richard Gooch wrote:

> @@ -3243,11 +3246,17 @@
> tlen = rpos - *ppos;
> if (done)
> {
> + devfs_handle_t parent;
> +
> spin_lock (&fs_info->devfsd_buffer_lock);
> fs_info->devfsd_first_event = entry->next;
> if (entry->next == NULL) fs_info->devfsd_last_event = NULL;
> spin_unlock (&fs_info->devfsd_buffer_lock);
> - for (; de != NULL; de = de->parent) devfs_put (de);
> + for (; de != NULL; de = parent)
> + {
> + parent = de->parent;
> + devfs_put (de);
> + }
> kmem_cache_free (devfsd_buf_cache, entry);
> if (ival > 0) atomic_sub (ival, &fs_info->devfsd_overrun_count);
> *ppos = 0;

I have just edited the fs/devfs/base.c in the 2.4.17-pre2 tree with the
change in the above lines.

It boots and looks OK.

I have to switch off devfs=dall it keeps repeating the same message
endlessly. I'm going to be short in HD capacity.

Regards

Pierre
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Dec 3 13:07:34 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4
inode: ccdb2d9c devfs_entry: cfc14324
Dec 3 13:07:34 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484
inode: cfc13bf4 devfs_entry: cfc143ac
Dec 3 13:07:34 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4
inode: ccdb2d9c devfs_entry: cfc14324
Dec 3 13:07:34 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484
inode: cfc13bf4 devfs_entry: cfc143ac
Dec 3 13:07:34 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4
inode: ccdb2d9c devfs_entry: cfc14324
Dec 3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484
inode: cfc13bf4 devfs_entry: cfc143ac
Dec 3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4
inode: ccdb2d9c devfs_entry: cfc14324
Dec 3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484
inode: cfc13bf4 devfs_entry: cfc143ac
Dec 3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4
inode: ccdb2d9c devfs_entry: cfc14324
Dec 3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484
inode: cfc13bf4 devfs_entry: cfc143ac
Dec 3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4
inode: ccdb2d9c devfs_entry: cfc14324
Dec 3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484
inode: cfc13bf4 devfs_entry: cfc143ac
Dec 3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4
inode: ccdb2d9c devfs_entry: cfc14324
Dec 3 13:07:36 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484
inode: cfc13bf4 devfs_entry: cfc143ac
Dec 3 13:07:36 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4
inode: ccdb2d9c devfs_entry: cfc14324
Dec 3 13:07:36 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484
inode: cfc13bf4 devfs_entry: cfc143ac
Dec 3 13:07:36 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4
inode: ccdb2d9c devfs_entry: cfc14324
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Pierre Rousselet <pierre.rousselet@wanadoo.fr>
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