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A change between 2.6.7-rc1-bk6 and 2.6.7-rc2 can results in a system |
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lockdown. One situation in which this can be triggered is when we are a |
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nfs client, and the nfs server shuts down (or on the server, you simply |
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issue an 'ifconfig eth1 down'). I have tracked this down to a bug in |
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dev_ifconf() in fs/compat_ioctl.c |
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The attached patch will revert this function to it's pre-2.6.7-rc2 |
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state. This is not meant to be the suggested fix, but it is a |
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workaround for now for anyone who is in need of it, and hopefully now |
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that I've narrowed down the problem, someone else might be willing/able |
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to fix it since it's past 3am here, and I don't have much experience |
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with the fs/ section of the kernel... |
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Thanks. |
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Jeremy Huddleston <eradicator@g.o> |