linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][Resend v2] Fix infinite loop in search_binary

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Date:	Mon, 4 Jul 2011 17:07:22 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][Resend v2] Fix infinite loop in search_binary_handler()

Am Montag 04 Juli 2011, 16:59:32 schrieb Richard Weinberger:
> Here the second boot log:
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~rw/boot2.log
> 
> The interesting part is:
> ---cut---
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly on device 98:0.
> Calling request_module() swapper 1 /sbin/init 1 3
> Calling request_module() kworker/u:0 211 /sbin/modprobe 4 3
> ...
> Calling request_module() kworker/u:0 8741 /sbin/modprobe 4 3
> ---cut---
> 
> After the last "Calling request_module..." message no more messages appear
> and the kernel seems to loop for ever.
> 

Please ignore this.
The "Calling request_module..." messages continue for ever.
In the first case my terminal locked up...
current->pid also wraps around.

Thanks,
//richard

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