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SubjectRe: 2.6.0: blkdev_get() oopses on floppy
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Le lun 12/01/2004 à 02:52, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk a
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> 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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