Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Apr 2003 16:56:13 +1000 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: Bug in linux kernel when playing DVDs. |
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Denis Vlasenko wrote:
>On 27 April 2003 13:47, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>I have found a bug in the linux kernel when it plays DVDs. I use xine >>(xine.sf.net) for playing DVDs. >>At some point during the playing there is an error on the DVD. But >>currently this error is not handled correctly by the linux kernel. >>This puts the kernel into an uncertain state, causing the kernel to >>take 100% CPU and fail all future read requests. >> > [snip]
> >Apart of making max retry # settable by the user, I don't see how >this can be made better. > Having the kernel not use 100% CPU?
> Pity. This is common problem on CDs... > >
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