Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:48:05 -0800 | Subject | Re: mmotm 2010-12-16 - breaks mlockall() call | From | Michel Lespinasse <> |
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On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:10 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:56:39 PST, akpm@linux-foundation.org said: >> The mm-of-the-moment snapshot 2010-12-16-14-56 has been uploaded to >> >> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ > > The patch mlock-only-hold-mmap_sem-in-shared-mode-when-faulting-in-pages.patch > causes this chunk of code from cryptsetup-luks to fail during the initramfs: > > if (mlockall(MCL_CURRENT | MCL_FUTURE)) { > log_err(ctx, _("WARNING!!! Possibly insecure memory. Are you root?\n")); > _memlock_count--; > return 0; > } > > Bisection fingered this patch, which was added after -rc4-mmotm1202, which > boots without tripping this log_err() call. I haven't tried building a > -rc6-mmotm1216 with this patch reverted, because reverting it causes apply > errors for subsequent patches. > > Ideas?
I had a quick look, but didn't figure out much so far.
Could you send me your initramfs image and .config file so I can reproduce the issue locally ?
Thanks,
-- Michel "Walken" Lespinasse A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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