Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:50:28 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: bug in tty ldisc and friends |
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* Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:45:36 -0400 (EDT) > Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote: > > > [ Ingo and Andrew, sorry for the repost, but I forgot to Cc LKML and I > > also used Alan's old email. ] > > > > I can easily trigger a bug in the tty code by enabling the event > > tracers. > > Yes I know. I sent Linus a temporary workaround yesterday. The bug > is as old as the hills (the race in various forms predates any git > or bk history!). The ldisc changes happened to make it more > visible. > > Unfortunately its non trivial to fix but the workaround should > make it as hard to hit now as in 2.6.30 while I sort the funnies > out. Really though I need the lock verifier working to do that, > and its been busted since 2.6.30 8(
Hm, have you tried the patch i sent to you that extends the number-lock-locks-tracked limit you have run into? It is trivial.
Ingo
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