Re: problem with linux 2.6.11 and sa

From: George Georgalis
Date: Fri Mar 04 2005 - 18:21:27 EST


On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 13:53:50 -0500, George Georgalis <georgalis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 23:37:06 -0500, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 01:57:28PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote:
> > > I recall a problem a while back with a pipe from
> > > /proc/kmsg that was sent by root to a program with a
> > > user uid. The fix was to run the logging program as
> > > root. Has that protected pipe method been extended
> > > since 2.6.8.1?
> > >
> > > I'm very defiantly seeing a problem with the 2.6.11
> > > kernel and my spamassassin setup. However, it's not
> > > clear exactly where the problem is, seems like sa
> > > but it might be 2.6.11 with daemontools + qmail +
> > > QMAIL_QUEUE.
> >
> > Does reverting to 2.6.10 fix this behavior?
>
> Yes, actually I revert to 2.6.8.1; will try 2.6.10 today...

I did make oldconfig (n,n,n) with my 2.6.11 .config
and seems to be working normal. Could
CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL=y
have anything to do with it?

http://galis.org/linux-2.6.11-sta.config
http://galis.org/linux-2.6.10-sta.conf

// George
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