Re: pty_chars_in_buffer NULL pointer (kernel oops)

2005-04-13 Thread Jason Baron
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > > Alan, Linus, what correction to the which the above thread discusses has > > been deployed? > > This is the hacky "hide the problem" patch that is in my current tree (and > was discussed in

Re: pty_chars_in_buffer NULL pointer (kernel oops)

2005-03-01 Thread Alan Cox
I couldnt duplicate the performance hit so I believe the proper fix not the hack is the right one - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read t

Re: pty_chars_in_buffer NULL pointer (kernel oops)

2005-02-27 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > Alan, Linus, what correction to the which the above thread discusses has > been deployed? This is the hacky "hide the problem" patch that is in my current tree (and was discussed in the original thread some time ago). It's in no way "correct",

Re[3]: pty_chars_in_buffer NULL pointer (kernel oops)

2005-02-27 Thread nuclearcat
Dear, nuclearcat. You wrote Sunday, February 27, 2005, 4:52:54 PM: P.S. new kernel - 2.4.29 vanilla > Dear, Marcelo. > You wrote Saturday, February 26, 2005, 1:04:32 AM: > Sorry about delay, i had switched kernel to non-SMP mode. > I cannot debug on kernel (it is loaded VPN server, and there i

Re[2]: pty_chars_in_buffer NULL pointer (kernel oops)

2005-02-27 Thread nuclearcat
Dear, Marcelo. You wrote Saturday, February 26, 2005, 1:04:32 AM: Sorry about delay, i had switched kernel to non-SMP mode. I cannot debug on kernel (it is loaded VPN server, and there is no redundancy for now). I have only few old oopses, saved before (it is on old redhat kernel) Feb 16 06:44:41

Re: pty_chars_in_buffer NULL pointer (kernel oops)

2005-02-27 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
(resending since first message didnt seem to go through) Hi, On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 10:56:53AM +0200, nuclearcat wrote: > Is discussed at > http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/1/message/12508/thread > bug fixed in 2.4.x tree? Cause seems i have downloaded 2.4.29, and it > is not fixed (still

Re: pty_chars_in_buffer NULL pointer (kernel oops)

2005-02-25 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > BTW, I fail to see any drivers/char/pty.c change related to the race which > triggers > the pty_chars_in_buffer->0 oops. Indeed, I don't think 2.6.x got that merged, because it was never really clear _which_ fix was the right one (the extra lock

Re: pty_chars_in_buffer NULL pointer (kernel oops)

2005-02-25 Thread Marcelo Tosatti
Hi, On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 10:56:53AM +0200, nuclearcat wrote: > Is discussed at > http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/1/message/12508/thread > bug fixed in 2.4.x tree? Cause seems i have downloaded 2.4.29, and it > is not fixed (still my kernel on vpn server crashing almost at start), > i ha

pty_chars_in_buffer NULL pointer (kernel oops)

2005-02-18 Thread nuclearcat
Dear, linux-kernel. Is discussed at http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/1/message/12508/thread bug fixed in 2.4.x tree? Cause seems i have downloaded 2.4.29, and it is not fixed (still my kernel on vpn server crashing almost at start), i have grepped fast pre and bk patches, but didnt found any fixe