Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.0: blkdev_get() oopses on floppy | From | Xavier Bestel <> | Date | Mon, 12 Jan 2004 08:55:56 +0100 |
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Le lun 12/01/2004 à 02:52, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk a écrit :
> That's wrong - faling blkdev_get() will do bdput() itself.
Ok, thanks (strange). But note that my problem is at blkdev_get() time.
> *NOTE*: unless you are really forced to, don't use that "open by device > number" crap at all - normal filp_open() will do nicely if you have the > pathname of device in question and it's _much_ better interface.
But that's exactely what raw.c does (although the userspace knows the dev pathname).
> > raw /dev/raw/raw1 /dev/fd0 > > cat /dev/raw/raw1 >/dev/null > > > > and got this oops: > > > > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000040 [...] > Lovely... Which kernel is that?
Plain 2.6.0, I'll try 2.6.1 when I can.
Thanks Al,
Xav
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