Re: 2.5.1-pre5 not easy to boot with devfs

[Pierre Rousselet]

Richard Gooch wrote:

 
> @@ -3243,11 +3246,17 @@
>      tlen = rpos - *ppos;
>      if (done)
>      {
> +       devfs_handle_t parent;
> +
>         spin_lock (&fs_info->devfsd_buffer_lock);
>         fs_info->devfsd_first_event = entry->next;
>         if (entry->next == NULL) fs_info->devfsd_last_event = NULL;
>         spin_unlock (&fs_info->devfsd_buffer_lock);
> -       for (; de != NULL; de = de->parent) devfs_put (de);
> +       for (; de != NULL; de = parent)
> +       {
> +           parent = de->parent;
> +           devfs_put (de);
> +       }
>         kmem_cache_free (devfsd_buf_cache, entry);
>         if (ival > 0) atomic_sub (ival, &fs_info->devfsd_overrun_count);
>         *ppos = 0;

I have just edited the fs/devfs/base.c in the 2.4.17-pre2 tree with the
change in the above lines. 

It boots and looks OK.

I have to switch off devfs=dall it keeps repeating the same message
endlessly. I'm going to be short in HD capacity.

Regards 

Pierre
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Dec  3 13:07:34 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4 
inode: ccdb2d9c  devfs_entry: cfc14324 
Dec  3 13:07:34 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484 
inode: cfc13bf4  devfs_entry: cfc143ac 
Dec  3 13:07:34 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4 
inode: ccdb2d9c  devfs_entry: cfc14324 
Dec  3 13:07:34 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484 
inode: cfc13bf4  devfs_entry: cfc143ac 
Dec  3 13:07:34 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4 
inode: ccdb2d9c  devfs_entry: cfc14324 
Dec  3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484 
inode: cfc13bf4  devfs_entry: cfc143ac 
Dec  3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4 
inode: ccdb2d9c  devfs_entry: cfc14324 
Dec  3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484 
inode: cfc13bf4  devfs_entry: cfc143ac 
Dec  3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4 
inode: ccdb2d9c  devfs_entry: cfc14324 
Dec  3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484 
inode: cfc13bf4  devfs_entry: cfc143ac 
Dec  3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4 
inode: ccdb2d9c  devfs_entry: cfc14324 
Dec  3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484 
inode: cfc13bf4  devfs_entry: cfc143ac 
Dec  3 13:07:35 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4 
inode: ccdb2d9c  devfs_entry: cfc14324 
Dec  3 13:07:36 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484 
inode: cfc13bf4  devfs_entry: cfc143ac 
Dec  3 13:07:36 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4 
inode: ccdb2d9c  devfs_entry: cfc14324 
Dec  3 13:07:36 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cfd45484 
inode: cfc13bf4  devfs_entry: cfc143ac 
Dec  3 13:07:36 milou kernel: devfs: d_delete(): dentry: cd15bba4 
inode: ccdb2d9c  devfs_entry: cfc14324 
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