Re: **** LVM 0.8final patch vs. 2.3.99-pre3 ***

From: Heinz Mauelshagen (mauelsha@EZ-Darmstadt.telekom.de)
Date: Wed Apr 05 2000 - 05:47:16 EST

> Did you check the vmalloc() call in lvm_proc_get_info()?

Yes i did but didn't take it into the patch :-{(

Heinz

>
> AFAICS, lock_kernel() is missing: vmalloc() is protected by the big kernel
> lock, and in 2.3 the vfs read functions are called _without_ that lock.
>
> the vmalloc() in lvm_do_lv_create() should be OK, it's called from an
> ioctl(), and they still run with the big kernel lock.
>
> --
> Manfred
> 

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