Re: [PATCH] add sysfs class support for vc devices [10/10]

[Andrew Morton]

Martin Schlemmer <azarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 06:13, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > This patch add sysfs support for vc char devices.
> > > 
> > >  Note, Andrew Morton has reported some very strange oopses with this
> > >  patch, that I can not reproduce at all.  If anyone else also has
> > >  problems with this patch, please let me know.
> > 
> > It seems to have magically healed itself :(
> > 
> > Several people were hitting it.  We shall see.
> 
> Might it be due to the vt-locking-fixes patch?
> 

No, I was able to reproduce the oops with just two of Greg's patches on
bare 2.6.1-rcX.

It was some refcounting problem in the tty layer.  100% deterministic, not
a race.

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