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SubjectRe: [GIT BISECT -next] mem.c: could not login on console of fedora 10
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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