I have found a bug in the linux coda driver that only affects SMP
kernels. The problem that occurs is the coda driver doesn't get the
kernel lock which causes a kernel BUG message and venus crashes. I
have attached a patch for the 2.3.99pre6 kernel below.
Please CC any comments to me directly.
-Mark Aikens
diff -u --recursive linux-2.3.99-pre6/fs/coda/psdev.c linux/fs/coda/psdev.c
--- linux-2.3.99-pre6/fs/coda/psdev.c Mon Mar 13 15:35:39 2000
+++ linux/fs/coda/psdev.c Fri Apr 28 17:54:01 2000
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
#include <linux/poll.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/segment.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
@@ -144,7 +145,9 @@
return -EFAULT;
/* what downcall errors does Venus handle ? */
+ lock_kernel();
error = coda_downcall(hdr.opcode, dcbuf, sb);
+ unlock_kernel();
if ( error) {
printk("psdev_write: coda_downcall error: %d\n",
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