I get this error when try to apply the patch: patch -p1 < cifs.patch patching file include/linux/fs.h patch: **** malformed patch at line 26: /*
Am I missing something or patch is bad? Thanks in advance -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Morton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:22 AM To: Valentin Zaharov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Steven French Subject: Re: cifs causes BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:13:04 +0200 "Valentin Zaharov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried different kernel versions. > Right now iam using generic 2.6.9-42 on one machine and 2.6.20.1 on > another one. > I also tried various distributions ( Suse, CentOS, RHEL4 ) - not sure > it is relevant. > Tried installing latest cifs modules, tried changing CIFSMaxBufSize to > 15000, without luck. > Freezes are totally random - sometimes they happen 2-4 times a day, > sometimes it can take 2 weeks. Yeah, it's a relatively recently known-bug, I'm afraid. Probably this will keep you out of trouble until it gets fixed for real: --- a/include/linux/fs.h~a +++ a/include/linux/fs.h @@ -627,25 +627,7 @@ extern void inode_double_unlock(struct i */ static inline loff_t i_size_read(const struct inode *inode) { -#if BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_SMP) - loff_t i_size; - unsigned int seq; - - do { - seq = read_seqcount_begin(&inode->i_size_seqcount); - i_size = inode->i_size; - } while (read_seqcount_retry(&inode->i_size_seqcount, seq)); - return i_size; -#elif BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT) - loff_t i_size; - - preempt_disable(); - i_size = inode->i_size; - preempt_enable(); - return i_size; -#else return inode->i_size; -#endif } /* _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
