From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@e-mind.com>
To: MOLNAR Ingo <mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
"Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, werner@suse.de, mlord@pobox.com,
"David S. Miller" <davem@dm.COBALTMICRO.COM>,
gandalf@szene.CH, adamk@3net.net.pl, kiracofe.8@osu.edu,
ksi@ksi-linux.COM, djf-lists@ic.NET, tomh@taz.ccs.fau.edu,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [patch] fixed both processes in D state and the /proc/ oopses [Re: [patch] Fixed the race that was oopsing Linux-2.2.0]
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:08:28 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990129124407.639A-100000@laser.bogus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990129120839.22453C-100000@chiara.csoma.elte.hu>
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, MOLNAR Ingo wrote:
> yes, there is no atomic_inc_and_test() yet. (it's a bit tricky to
_Where_ do you want to run atomic_inc_and_test()? On random kernel data
where incidentally a long time ago there was the just deallocated
and reused (somewhere else) mm_struct?
If we incidentally access the mm_struct and we notice that the mm->count
is zero it menas we are just buggy.
> sign flag.) Also note that this is all fiction yet because we _are_
> holding the kernel lock for these situations in 2.2.
Sure it's finction, but _all_ complains I get against my s/atomic_t/int/
was about the future.
Andrea Arcangeli
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-01-29 12:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <Pine.LNX.3.96.990127123207.15486A-100000@laser.bogus>
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.3.96.990127131315.19147A-100000@laser.bogus>
1999-01-27 21:38 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
1999-01-27 21:45 ` Linus Torvalds
1999-01-28 1:02 ` Andrea Arcangeli
1999-01-28 2:50 ` Andrea Arcangeli
1999-01-28 4:20 ` [patch] fixed both processes in D state and the /proc/ oopses Tom Holroyd
1999-01-28 6:23 ` Tom Holroyd
1999-01-28 15:09 ` [patch] fixed both processes in D state and the /proc/ oopses [Re: [patch] Fixed the race that was oopsing Linux-2.2.0] Stephen C. Tweedie
1999-01-28 17:54 ` Linus Torvalds
1999-01-28 18:07 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
1999-01-28 18:17 ` Linus Torvalds
1999-01-28 18:25 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
1999-01-28 19:23 ` Alan Cox
1999-01-28 19:11 ` Linus Torvalds
1999-01-28 20:11 ` Alan Cox
1999-01-28 22:33 ` Andrea Arcangeli
1999-01-28 22:53 ` Linus Torvalds
1999-01-29 1:47 ` Andrea Arcangeli
1999-01-29 11:20 ` MOLNAR Ingo
1999-01-29 12:08 ` Andrea Arcangeli [this message]
1999-01-29 13:19 ` MOLNAR Ingo
1999-01-29 14:14 ` Andrea Arcangeli
1999-01-29 17:46 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
1999-01-29 14:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
1999-01-30 15:42 ` Andrea Arcangeli
1999-01-30 20:32 ` Eric W. Biederman
1999-01-31 1:00 ` Andrea Arcangeli
1999-01-31 8:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
1999-01-31 19:16 ` Andrea Arcangeli
1999-01-31 21:56 ` Eric W. Biederman
1999-01-29 18:24 ` Linus Torvalds
1999-01-28 22:04 ` Andrea Arcangeli
1999-01-29 0:17 ` Linus Torvalds
1999-01-28 17:36 ` Linus Torvalds
1999-01-28 15:05 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
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