Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 May 2007 08:58:37 +0400 | From | Vasily Averin <> | Subject | Re: [patch i2o 5/6] i2o_proc files permission |
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Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2007 16:47:05 +0400 > Vasily Averin <vvs@sw.ru> wrote: > >> Reading from some i2o related proc files can lead to the i2o controller hang due >> unknown reasons. As a workaround this patch changes the permission of these >> files to root-only accessible. > > I guess you have a crap controller in this case. > > This isn't the right fix: Detect your specific buggy control and do not > register the problem /proc nodes for it at all.
Alan,
We have i2o on one of our testnodes: Adaptec Zero channel RAID 2010S integrated on MSI MS-9136 motherboard and I don't have access to another i2o hardware. Also I don't have any ideas how to detect buggy i2o node. As far as I understand Markus is right, and i2o hardware couldn't handle received message that on the first glance looks correctly. From my POV it is bug in firmware and only vendor is able to fix it correctly. My patch is not a fix but workaround only -- it just do not allow to crash the node by any user in case when node admin due some reasons has loaded i2o_proc module.
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