Re: [CHECKER] large stack variables (>=1K) in 2.4.4 and 2.4.4-ac8

2001-05-25 Thread David Welch
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 03:20:20PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote: > > >> On a side note, does anyone know if the kernel does checking if the > >> stack overflowed at any time? > > > >You normally get a silent hang or worse a stack fault exception > >(which linux/x86 without kdb cannot recover from)

Re: [CHECKER] large stack variables (=1K) in 2.4.4 and 2.4.4-ac8

2001-05-25 Thread David Welch
On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 03:20:20PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote: On a side note, does anyone know if the kernel does checking if the stack overflowed at any time? You normally get a silent hang or worse a stack fault exception (which linux/x86 without kdb cannot recover from) which gives

[BUG] Using loop driver on 2.4.2-pre2 with loop4 patch

2001-02-09 Thread David Welch
Hi, I received the following oops when using the loop driver on kernel 2.4.2-pre2 patched with Jens Axboe's loop4 patch. I believe it occurs because in loop.c, lo->lo_tsk is only assigned to by the loop thread when it starts up but it is possible for block requests to be sent to the loop

[BUG] Using loop driver on 2.4.2-pre2 with loop4 patch

2001-02-09 Thread David Welch
Hi, I received the following oops when using the loop driver on kernel 2.4.2-pre2 patched with Jens Axboe's loop4 patch. I believe it occurs because in loop.c, lo-lo_tsk is only assigned to by the loop thread when it starts up but it is possible for block requests to be sent to the loop

PROBLEM: Hang umounting filesystem on loop device

2001-02-05 Thread David Welch
[1.] Hang when unmounting filesystem on loop device [2.] Intermittently (once so far) umount hangs when umounting a filesystem mounted on a loop device. Other processes run until they access the filesystem when they hang too. [3.] loop [4.] Linux version 2.4.2-pre1 ([EMAIL

PROBLEM: Hang umounting filesystem on loop device

2001-02-05 Thread David Welch
[1.] Hang when unmounting filesystem on loop device [2.] Intermittently (once so far) umount hangs when umounting a filesystem mounted on a loop device. Other processes run until they access the filesystem when they hang too. [3.] loop [4.] Linux version 2.4.2-pre1 ([EMAIL

Re: Linux Post codes during runtime, possibly OT

2001-01-26 Thread David Welch
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:19:58AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > A better idea might be to find out what port, if any, Windows uses. If > Windows does it, it is usually safe. > Windows NT 4 Service Pack 6 doesn't use any delay however READ/WRITE_PORT_* are implemented as indirect function

Re: Linux Post codes during runtime, possibly OT

2001-01-26 Thread David Welch
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:19:58AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: A better idea might be to find out what port, if any, Windows uses. If Windows does it, it is usually safe. Windows NT 4 Service Pack 6 doesn't use any delay however READ/WRITE_PORT_* are implemented as indirect function