From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261959AbTD2GpO (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 02:45:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261965AbTD2GpO (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 02:45:14 -0400 Received: from static-ctb-210-9-247-213.webone.com.au ([210.9.247.213]:3341 "EHLO chimp.local.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261959AbTD2GpN (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 02:45:13 -0400 Message-ID: <3EAE220D.4010602@cyberone.com.au> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 16:56:13 +1000 From: Nick Piggin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030327 Debian/1.3-4 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua CC: James@superbug.demon.co.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bug in linux kernel when playing DVDs. References: <3EABB532.5000101@superbug.demon.co.uk> <200304290538.h3T5cLu16097@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> In-Reply-To: <200304290538.h3T5cLu16097@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Denis Vlasenko wrote: >On 27 April 2003 13:47, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>I have found a bug in the linux kernel when it plays DVDs. I use xine >>(xine.sf.net) for playing DVDs. >>At some point during the playing there is an error on the DVD. But >>currently this error is not handled correctly by the linux kernel. >>This puts the kernel into an uncertain state, causing the kernel to >>take 100% CPU and fail all future read requests. >> > [snip] > >Apart of making max retry # settable by the user, I don't see how >this can be made better. > Having the kernel not use 100% CPU? > Pity. This is common problem on CDs... > >