linux-kernel - Re: Runaway loop with the current git.

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Date:	Sat, 6 Dec 2008 17:16:06 +0100
From:	"Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	"Evgeniy Polyakov" <zbr@...emap.net>
Cc:	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Runaway loop with the current git.

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 17:09, Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 03:10:33AM +0100, Kay Sievers (kay.sievers@...y.org) wrote:
>> Can you add something like:
>>   +++ b/kernel/kmod.c
>>   @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ int request_module(const char *fmt, ...)
>>                   return -ENOMEM;
>>           }
>>
>>   +       printk("XXX call modprobe %s %s[%u]\n", module_name,
>> current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
>>
>> It may show which process is looking for /dev/console and causes
>> modprobe to run, and maybe we get an idea what's going on. It may at
>> least show if it's a /dev/console problem.
>
> Its a modprobe with different pids tries to load char-major-5 and
> char-major-5-1 in the infinite loop.

So the loop is probably a modprobe itself that tries to access
/dev/console. Is there a different argument for the very first
modprobe which is called? Which may be the one that triggers the loop.

Kay
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