Re: 2.6.11.8 + UML/x86_64 (2.6.12-rc3+) = oops

Jeff Dike
2005-05-08T17:35:31Z

On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 05:35:02PM +0100, Antoine Martin wrote:
> The only extra patch applied on top of what is on the web page (as per
> Jeff's instructions) is the mconsole-exec patch, and AFAIK it wouldn't
> affect the code above.

mconsole-exec, if it's the patch I'm thinking of, is a patch to the UML
kernel, not to the host.

> The really weird thing is that the processes are still running, but ps
> -ef shows an empty string in place of the process name:
> (and the terminal which launched the instance got control back)
> I am now rebuilding a new kernel on another test box, let me know what
> to do to provide better debug information.

It's not unusual for UML processes to have strange names (including empty
ones) on the host.

Jeff