2.3.16 - messages on the console: semaphore in use...

dmitryv (vdb@inbox.ru)
Sun, 05 Sep 1999 01:57:59 +0400


When I perform "search files" action in Midnight Commander
sometimes I see a lot of messages on the console:

Sep 4 16:56:27 localhost kernel: iput: Aieee, semaphore in use inode
00:00/2735, count=2
Sep 4 16:56:27 localhost kernel: iput: Aieee, semaphore in use inode
00:00/2741, count=2
Sep 4 16:56:27 localhost kernel: iput: Aieee, semaphore in use inode
00:00/2845, count=2
Sep 4 16:56:27 localhost kernel: iput: Aieee, semaphore in use inode
00:00/2851, count=2
Sep 4 16:56:27 localhost kernel: iput: Aieee, semaphore in use inode
00:00/2853, count=2
Sep 4 16:57:17 localhost kernel: iput: Aieee, semaphore in use inode
00:00/10891, count=2
Sep 4 16:57:18 localhost kernel: iput: Aieee, semaphore in use inode
00:00/10969, count=2

It comes from inod.c:

if (atomic_read(&inode->i_sem.count) != 1)
printk(KERN_ERR "iput: Aieee, semaphore in use inode %s/%ld, count=%d\n",
kdevname(inode->i_dev), inode->i_ino, atomic_read(&inode->i_sem.count));

Sometimes I can reproduce this behaviour, sometimes not.
It happens for example when I search files in the kernel tree.

Is it dangereous?

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