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From: Pierre Rousselet <pierre.rousselet@wanadoo.fr>
To: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, wli@holomorphy.com
Subject: Re: 2.5.1-pre5 not easy to boot with devfs
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 13:16:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C0B6D00.DD403CB0@wanadoo.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C085FF3.813BAA57@wanadoo.fr> <200112030633.fB36Xf617997@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca>

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
_________________________________________________________
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 
-- 
------------------------------------------------
 Pierre Rousselet <pierre.rousselet@wanadoo.fr>
------------------------------------------------

      parent reply	other threads:[~2001-12-04  0:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-12-01  4:43 2.5.1-pre5 not easy to boot with devfs Pierre Rousselet
2001-12-01  5:01 ` Alexander Viro
2001-12-01  5:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-12-01  7:01   ` Richard Gooch
2001-12-01  8:45     ` Pierre Rousselet
2001-12-01 18:36       ` Richard Gooch
2001-12-01 20:37         ` Pierre Rousselet
2001-12-01 23:20           ` Richard Gooch
2001-12-02  1:11             ` Pierre Rousselet
2001-12-02 10:28               ` Pierre Rousselet
2001-12-02 16:59                 ` Alexander Viro
2001-12-02 17:14                   ` Alan Cox
2001-12-02 18:02                     ` Richard Gooch
2001-12-03 12:58                       ` Jens Axboe
2001-12-03 19:06                         ` Richard Gooch
2001-12-03 20:52                           ` Jens Axboe
2001-12-02 17:55                   ` Richard Gooch
2001-12-03 19:54                     ` Alexander Viro
2001-12-02 22:57                   ` Keith Owens
2001-12-03  4:50                     ` Pierre Rousselet
2001-12-02  8:05             ` Pierre Rousselet
2001-12-01 23:47           ` Richard Gooch
2001-12-02  7:11             ` Pierre Rousselet
2001-12-02 21:22               ` Richard Gooch
2001-12-02  9:27         ` Pierre Rousselet
2001-12-02 19:40       ` Bongani Hlope
2001-12-01  9:59     ` Pierre Rousselet
2001-12-03  6:33 ` Richard Gooch
2001-12-03  5:57   ` Pierre ROUSSELET
2001-12-03 12:16   ` Pierre Rousselet [this message]

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