Hi Alexander,
Are you sure that proc_pid_readlink() needs those dput()/mntput(), since
sys_readlink() does dput()/mntput() them anyway?
This patch fixes the old "lsof(8) causes oops in 2.3.99-pre7-8" problem
but I was not 100% sure in its correctness (i.e. there must have been some
reason for dput/mntput in proc_pid_readlink?) so I did not send it to
Linus. Comments, please?
Also, although lsof now works, /proc still (with or without patch ) cannot
be umounted (even without any apparent references to it) so one should
still investigate a bit further and see what keeps it busy.. (I will try
and look into it now, unless you confirm that the reasons are known and
elsewhere)
Regards,
Tigran
--- linux/fs/proc/base.c Tue May 9 08:40:26 2000
+++ work/fs/proc/base.c Tue May 9 16:06:05 2000
@@ -457,8 +457,6 @@
goto out;
error = do_proc_readlink(dentry, mnt, buffer, buflen);
- dput(dentry);
- mntput(mnt);
out:
return error;
}
-
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