Re: smp dead lock of io_request_lock/queue_lock patch

[Jens Axboe]

On Mon, Jan 12 2004, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 17:32, Peter Yao wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I found a smp dead lock in io_request_lock/queue_lock patch in redhat's
> > 2.4.18-4 kernel. 
> 
> 1) Bugs in vendor kernels are best reported to the vendor, in this case
> in http://bugzilla.redhat.com
> 2) 2.4.18-4 is really old and has been superceeded by updates a few
> dozen times
> 3) 2.4.18-4 has both remote and local security issues and datacorruption
> issues

4) The problem reported and patch looks real, though, maybe a little
credit and thanks would be appropriate as well?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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