> > > Linus, we have several problems under arch/:
> > >
> > > The architectures where you made the most changes don't even compile
> > > in 2.2.7 and haven't been updated in nearly half of a year :-)
> >
> > And some of the bugs appear to be in the relevant CVS trees too - although
> > the mips doesnt do SMP so its harmless
>
> Harmless it might be, if it would be restricted to missing lock_kernel();-/
> sysirix.c in both trees has UP-affecting bugs. That is, irix_fstatvfs()
> and irix_fstatvfs64() are oopsable; irix_ngetdents(), irix_getdents64()
> and irix_ngetdents64() do not protect ->readdir() with semaphore. Those
> bugs are present both in 1.16 (in mips tree) and 1.12 (in main tree).
> I'm submitting the patch to Ralf and I've merged relevant changes into the
> patch against the main tree. Patches attached.
Ok, applied to the MIPS trees with various additional cleanups.
Ralf
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