Re: Kernel 2.4.12 breaks fuser

Craig Small (csmall@eye-net.com.au)
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 22:43:07 +1000


On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 04:26:42AM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote:
> b) fix fuser(1). Notice that it's not hard - all we need is the
> patch below (guaranteed to work correctly on earlier kernels - it simply
> doesn't make assumptions about the value of st_dev used for sockets).
> IMO also worth doing.

I've made the changes, there is a psmisc 20.2 sitting in the sourceforge
CVS. I will release it tomorrow morning. Thankyou for your patch. The
IPv6 related bug was also there and that is fixed too.

If you want to roll-back your kernel device code, you can do that or
not. It seems the fuser patch doesn't care.
- Craig

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