Re: tty->count ?
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 29 Jun 1996 10:39:29 +0100 (BST)
> Can someone tell me what these mean...running 1.3.72?
>
> Warning: dev (04:da) tty->count(2) != #fd's(3) in tty_open
> Warning: dev (04:da) tty->count(2) != #fd's(3) in release_dev
>
> They seem to have coincided with an in.ntalkd request...they were reported
> many times/sec until the in.ntalkd process (which was chewing 30% cpu
> time) was killed. I kind of wonder if it was coincidence or an attack.
That looks like the race condition on ttys (remember the one that caused
some of the rocketport fun). Im not sure when Ted put the fix back into the
1.3.x -> 2.0 code for generic tty drivers
Alan