From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755707Ab1FAHaG (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2011 03:30:06 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:54944 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755153Ab1FAHaB (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2011 03:30:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:29:57 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Chris Davies Cc: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, joshuacov@googlemail.com Subject: Re: PROBLEM: udevd appears to loop and use CPU in 2.6.39-git11 (32bit build) Message-ID: <20110601072957.GC3368@liondog.tnic> Mail-Followup-To: Borislav Petkov , Chris Davies , linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, joshuacov@googlemail.com References: <844A621A-66E5-42F1-8B15-C6C700A40A53@daviesinc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <844A621A-66E5-42F1-8B15-C6C700A40A53@daviesinc.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 01:31:47AM -0400, Chris Davies wrote: > [1.] One line summary of the problem: 2.6.39-git11 experiences loop on /dev creation and later udevd loops using CPU > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: Great, udev looping rings the big bell here: There's a user running 2.6.39 fedora kernels and reports the same issue of udev looping but only when loading a module which fails loading with -EINVAL. Reportedly, udev keeps trying indefinitely there: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35522 Anyway, just a datapoint, it could be unrelated. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris.