On Mon, 28 May 2007, Pekka Enberg wrote:

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> I am getting this with your config:
> 
> (gdb) p vt_ioctl
>  = {int (struct tty_struct *, struct file *, unsigned int, long
> unsigned int)} 0xc01e404a <vt_ioctl>
> (gdb) l *(0xc01e404a + 0xda8)
> 0xc01e4df2 is in vt_ioctl (drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c:720).
> 715             /*
> 716              * Returns the first available (non-opened) console.
> 717              */
> 718             case VT_OPENQRY:
> 719                     for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES; ++i)
> 720                             if (! VT_IS_IN_USE(i))
> 721                                     break;
> 722                     ucval = i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES ? (i+1) : -1;
> 723                     goto setint;
> 724
> 
> Which seems to match the code dump in the OOPS as well. I am not sure
> what %edx (which is zero and causes problems) should contain but I am
> guessing tty_driver->ttys is corrupted which seems consistent with the
> reference count sanity check failure. Unfortunately I am not familiar
> enough with tty internals to immediately see why this is happening.
> 

FYI, I just tested 2.6.21.3. I couldn't reproduce the problem with
that kernel.

--
Tero Roponen
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