linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25.3: su gets stuck for root

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Date:	Wed, 14 May 2008 19:05:22 +0200
From:	Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@...nline.de>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.25.3: su gets stuck for root

Vegard Nossum wrote:
> 
> Ah, tough luck. What if you attach an strace to the already stuck
> process? Like strace -p pid. It's a long shot, but worth a try, I
> suppose.
> 

As suggested I attached strace to the blocking stty. I got a
continuous flow of

:
:
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_STOP or TCSETSW, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted)
--- SIGTTOU (Stopped (tty output)) @ 0 (0) ---
--- SIGTTOU (Stopped (tty output)) @ 0 (0) ---
:
:

I also moved back to an old version of coreutils from about
4 months ago. Same result.


Regards

Harri

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