Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:19:46 +0100 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: smp dead lock of io_request_lock/queue_lock patch |
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On Mon, Jan 12 2004, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12 2004, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 17:32, Peter Yao wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I found a smp dead lock in io_request_lock/queue_lock patch in redhat's > > > 2.4.18-4 kernel. > > > > 1) Bugs in vendor kernels are best reported to the vendor, in this case > > in http://bugzilla.redhat.com > > 2) 2.4.18-4 is really old and has been superceeded by updates a few > > dozen times > > 3) 2.4.18-4 has both remote and local security issues and datacorruption > > issues > > 4) The problem reported and patch looks real, though, maybe a little > credit and thanks would be appropriate as well?
... and still exists in your 2.4.21 based kernel.
-- Jens Axboe
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