Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:07:34 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | Subject | Re: [GIT BISECT -next] mem.c: could not login on console of fedora 10 |
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On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, Jin Dongming wrote:
> When I build and boot -next on fedora 10, I can not login anymore. > When I input the user name and password, the system does not output > any message and requires user to input the user name and password > again and again. > > I find the patch which caused this problem with "GIT BISECT" command. > And the patch is > commit 7c4b7daa1878972ed0137c95f23569124bd6e2b1 > "mem_class: use minor as index instead of searching the array". > > Though I don't know the real reason why user could not login, I > confirmed the patch I made as following could resolve the problem on > fedora 10. > > Signed-off-by: Jin Dongming <jin.dongming@np.css.fujitsu.com> > --- > drivers/char/mem.c | 4 ++-- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c > index bed3503..0491cdf 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/mem.c > +++ b/drivers/char/mem.c > @@ -878,8 +878,8 @@ static const struct memdev { > [ 4] = { "port", &port_fops, NULL }, > #endif > [ 5] = { "zero", &zero_fops, &zero_bdi }, > - [ 6] = { "full", &full_fops, NULL }, > - [ 7] = { "random", &random_fops, NULL }, > + [ 7] = { "full", &full_fops, NULL }, > + [ 8] = { "random", &random_fops, NULL }, > [ 9] = { "urandom", &urandom_fops, NULL }, > [11] = { "kmsg", &kmsg_fops, NULL }, > #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP > -- > 1.6.2.2
I am not entirely sure why I have been CCed on this while the patch author hasn't :) Adding Kay to CC.
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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