From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755816AbYHRRiZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:38:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755397AbYHRRhy (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:37:54 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:40652 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755261AbYHRRhx (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:37:53 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:19:02 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Aristeu Rozanski Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, jirislaby@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: kill tty->count usage (v2) Message-ID: <20080818181902.59ac763b@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080812145812.GH7154@redhat.com> References: <20080808213625.GK20355@redhat.com> <20080808222635.4fe52b51@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20080812145812.GH7154@redhat.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:58:12 -0400 Aristeu Rozanski wrote: > The commit e0426e6a09954d205da2d674a3d368d2715e3afd fixes a real race but > still isn't enough to prevent these: > > kobject_add_internal failed for vcs7 with -EEXIST, don't try to register > things with the same name in the same direc. Patch dropped due to testing failures. Boot to run level 3, log in and type "reboot\n". Wait Spews vt->driver_data == NULL warnings and oopses