linux-kernel - Re: [Bug 10741] bug in `tty: BKL pushdown'?

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Message-ID: <873andbst2.fsf@saeurebad.de>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:03:21 +0200
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Bug 10741] bug in `tty: BKL pushdown'?

Hi,

"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> writes:

> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> of recent regressions.
>
> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> from 2.6.25.  Please verify if it still should be listed.
>
>
> Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10741
> Subject		: bug in `tty: BKL pushdown'?
> Submitter	: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de>
> Date		: 2008-05-18 2:16 (28 days old)
> References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121107706506181&w=4
> Handled-By	: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>

The bug still exists, however, a bisect on another machine with the same
userland leads to different commit
(47f86834bbd4193139d61d659bebf9ab9d691e37 "redo locking of tty->pgrp"),
so it is not all that clear and stable.

I will investigate further but the entry should probably stay for now.

	Hannes
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