Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: 2.2.1-ac6 CDROM bug (not in 2.2.1-vanilla) | Date | Sun, 21 Feb 1999 18:02:27 +0000 (GMT) |
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> Actually its not that simple. Plain 2.2.1 doesn't have the timer reuse > trap code in it. 2.2.1 potentially added the timer twice. > > Can you boot 2.2.1 vanilla with just Ingo's timer bug check patch in it ?
Better yet try this instead. scsi_error wasnt calling init_timer(). Thats a non fatal offence in 2.2 but trips the bug trap up. It is a real bug though, some time in the future init_timer() might have done far more.
Alan
--- scsi_error.c~ Fri Feb 19 00:00:42 1999 +++ scsi_error.c Sun Feb 21 17:03:08 1999 @@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ struct semaphore sem = MUTEX_LOCKED; struct timer_list timer; + init_timer(&timer); timer.data = (unsigned long) &sem; timer.expires = jiffies + timeout; timer.function = (void (*)(unsigned long))scsi_sleep_done; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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