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DateSun, 7 Jun 1998 21:08:42 +0100 (BST)
FromChris Evans <>
SubjectRe: More info on 104 oops [probably procfs bug]
On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Bill Hawes wrote:

> Hi Andrea,
> 
> Quite a while back I added a mechanism to /proc so that modules can have
> their use counts incremented when a /proc directory is being referenced. This
> prevents the problems with having a module removed while a shell or other
> application is sitting in the module's /proc directory.

Hmm, it was about the time of the addition of this mechanism, that I
started to be able to completely screw the kernel with "rm -rf /proc" ;-)

rm -rf /proc still causes oopses hung processes and other unpleasantries.

Cheers
Chris


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