Re: 2.3.12 - klogd 100%CPU

Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 19:33:19 +0100 (BST)


On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Manfred Spraul wrote:

> I noticed that the synchronization in do_syslog() is completely broken
> on both SMP & UP. Perhaps this explains why klogd stays at 100%: the
> CD drivers contains a bug, this causes unusual printk()'s, and this
> corrupted the kernel ring buffer.

Can this be back-ported to the 2.2.x kernel series? We've had this exact
problem several times but my way was to kill the syslodg daemon and
restart.

Cheers,
Alex

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