Re: rw-semaphore regression in 2.4.4-pre4

Ghadi Shayban (ghad@triad.rr.com)
Tue, 17 Apr 2001 23:56:23 -0400


Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Ghadi Shayban wrote:
>
>>Processes, most easily mozilla, get stuck in the "D" state in
>>2.4.4-pre4. I don't believe this was fixed in pre2 but now it happens
>>again. Also, just a minor error, but 2.4.4-pre4 modules are put in
>>the 2.4.3 directory. The version number was probably accidentally left
>>the same.
>>
>
> Linus is good about rememeber to change the version these days. This
> sounds like a patch/install error on your side...
>
> --- v2.4.3/linux/Makefile Thu Mar 29 20:13:15 2001
> +++ linux/Makefile Fri Apr 13 20:26:46 2001
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> VERSION = 2
> PATCHLEVEL = 4
> -SUBLEVEL = 3
> -EXTRAVERSION =
> +SUBLEVEL = 4
> +EXTRAVERSION =-pre4

I'm very silly.... Let me retest rw-semaphores with the patch "properly"
applied before I open my mouth. Sorry for the bother.

Ghadi

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