Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug.

2011-08-08 Thread Kohji Okuno
Hi Kostic and Jaakko, > On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 06:45:22PM +0300, Jaakko Heinonen wrote: >> On 2011-08-03, Kostik Belousov wrote: >> > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 02:44:23PM +0900, Kohji Okuno wrote: >> > > > devfs_populate(), and the context holds only "dm->dm_lock" in >> > > > devfs_populate(). >> >

Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug.

2011-08-05 Thread Kostik Belousov
On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 06:45:22PM +0300, Jaakko Heinonen wrote: > On 2011-08-03, Kostik Belousov wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 02:44:23PM +0900, Kohji Okuno wrote: > > > > devfs_populate(), and the context holds only "dm->dm_lock" in > > > > devfs_populate(). > > > > > > > > On the other han

Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug.

2011-08-05 Thread Jaakko Heinonen
On 2011-08-03, Kostik Belousov wrote: > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 02:44:23PM +0900, Kohji Okuno wrote: > > > devfs_populate(), and the context holds only "dm->dm_lock" in > > > devfs_populate(). > > > > > > On the other hand, "devfs_generation" is incremented in devfs_create() > > > and devfs_destro

Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug.

2011-08-04 Thread Kohji Okuno
Hello Kostik, >> > On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 11:41:39AM +0900, Kohji Okuno wrote: >> >> But, now I'm using 8.1-RELEASE. May I have advice about 8.X ? >> > Do you mean a patch for the stable/8 ? I believe it is enough to >> > apply rev. 211628 to stable/8, then the patch I posted yesterday >> > shoul

Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug.

2011-08-04 Thread Kostik Belousov
On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 06:56:00PM +0900, Kohji Okuno wrote: > Hello Kostik, > > > On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 11:41:39AM +0900, Kohji Okuno wrote: > >> But, now I'm using 8.1-RELEASE. May I have advice about 8.X ? > > Do you mean a patch for the stable/8 ? I believe it is enough to > > apply rev. 211

Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug.

2011-08-04 Thread Kohji Okuno
Hello Kostik, > On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 11:41:39AM +0900, Kohji Okuno wrote: >> Hello Kostik, >> >> From: Kostik Belousov >> Subject: Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug. >> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 16:50:44 +0300 >> > I think the problem you descri

Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug.

2011-08-04 Thread Kostik Belousov
On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 11:41:39AM +0900, Kohji Okuno wrote: > Hello Kostik, > > From: Kostik Belousov > Subject: Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug. > Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 16:50:44 +0300 > > I think the problem you described is real, and suggested change is right. >

Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug.

2011-08-03 Thread Kohji Okuno
Hello Kostik, From: Kostik Belousov Subject: Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug. Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 16:50:44 +0300 Message-ID: <20110803135044.gm17...@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 02:44:23PM +0900, Kohji Okuno wrote: >> Hello, >> >>

Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug.

2011-08-03 Thread Kostik Belousov
On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 02:44:23PM +0900, Kohji Okuno wrote: > Hello, > > > Hello, > > > > I think that devfs is sure to have the bug. > > I found that I couldn't open "/dev/XXX" though the kernel detected XXX > > device. > > > > > > "dm->dm_generation" is updated with "devfs_generation" in > >

Re: Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug.

2011-08-02 Thread Kohji Okuno
Hello, > Hello, > > I think that devfs is sure to have the bug. > I found that I couldn't open "/dev/XXX" though the kernel detected XXX > device. > > > "dm->dm_generation" is updated with "devfs_generation" in > devfs_populate(), and the context holds only "dm->dm_lock" in > devfs_populate().

Bug: devfs is sure to have the bug.

2011-08-02 Thread Kohji Okuno
Hello, I think that devfs is sure to have the bug. I found that I couldn't open "/dev/XXX" though the kernel detected XXX device. "dm->dm_generation" is updated with "devfs_generation" in devfs_populate(), and the context holds only "dm->dm_lock" in devfs_populate(). On the other hand, "devfs_g