Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:34:35 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1 |
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Reuben Farrelly <reuben-lkml@reub.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > On 19/08/2005 11:33 p.m., Andrew Morton wrote: > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13-rc6/2.6.13-rc6-mm1/ > > > > - Lots of fixes, updates and cleanups all over the place. > > > > - If you have the right debugging options set, this kernel will generate > > a storm of sleeping-in-atomic-code warnings at boot, from the scsi code. > > It is being worked on. > > A few new problems cropped up with this kernel.. > > 1. NFS seems to be unstable, oopsing when shutting down:
--- devel/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c~ingo-nfs-stuff-fix 2005-08-19 10:29:15.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c 2005-08-19 10:30:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ out: /* Release the thread */ svc_exit_thread(rqstp); - unlock_kernel(); /* Release module */ unlock_kernel(); module_put_and_exit(0); _ > ... > Aug 20 12:26:10 tornado kernel: Device not ready. > > 2. That message on the third line of the trace above: "kernel: Device not > ready." is being logged every few mins or so, I believe it is my SCSI CDROM > that is causing it. It also logs something similar after the SCSI driver has > probed the device on boot: > > Aug 20 12:24:36 tornado kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA > DRIVER, Rev 7.0 > Aug 20 12:24:36 tornado kernel: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter> > Aug 20 12:24:36 tornado kernel: aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI > Id=7, 16/253 SCBs > Aug 20 12:24:36 tornado kernel: > Aug 20 12:24:36 tornado kernel: Vendor: SONY Model: CD-RW CRX145S > Rev: 1.0b > Aug 20 12:24:36 tornado kernel: Type: CD-ROM > ANSI SCSI revision: 04 > Aug 20 12:24:36 tornado kernel: target0:0:6: Beginning Domain Validation > Aug 20 12:24:36 tornado kernel: target0:0:6: Domain Validation skipping write > tests > Aug 20 12:24:36 tornado kernel: target0:0:6: FAST-10 SCSI 10.0 MB/s ST (100 > ns, offset 15) > Aug 20 12:24:36 tornado kernel: target0:0:6: Ending Domain Validation > Aug 20 12:24:36 tornado kernel: Device not ready. > > This has been a problem for quite a few weeks now, albeit I believe, only a > cosmetic one.
Is some application trying to poll the device?
Is the device actually "not ready", or is it in reality ready and working? ie: what happens if you stick a CD in it?
> 3. As I have a Marvell Yukon 2 chipset, I was _delighted_ to see a new driver > from Stephen Hemmingway appear in the netdev tree for it. However it seems to > be a bit broken, I get link up and a bit of traffic before it just stops > passing traffic of any sort and requires an rmmod/modprobe to get going again. > I've emailed him directly about this.
OK.
> 4. PAM is complaining about "PAM audit_open() failed: Protocol not suppor > ted" and I can't log in as any user including root. I would have picked this > was a userspace problem, but it doesn't break with -rc5-mm1, yet reproduceably > breaks with -rc6-mm1. Weird.
hm. How come you're able to use the machine then?
Is it possible to get an strace of this failure somehow?
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