linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vt: kill tty->count usage (v2)

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Message-ID: <20080818210414.GB7154@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:04:14 -0400
From:	Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	jirislaby@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: kill tty->count usage (v2)

Hi Alan,
> > The commit e0426e6a09954d205da2d674a3d368d2715e3afd fixes a real race but
> > still isn't enough to prevent these:
> > 
> > kobject_add_internal failed for vcs7 with -EEXIST, don't try to register
> > things with the same name in the same direc.
> 
> Patch dropped due to testing failures.
> 
> Boot to run level 3, log in and type "reboot\n". Wait
> 
> Spews vt->driver_data == NULL warnings and oopses
do you mind posting the logs somewhere? I wasn't able to reproduce it here so
far.

-- 
Aristeu

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