Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix uninitialized proto_list_lock

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:45:30 -0300

On Apr 4, 2005 2:30 PM, Benjamin LaHaise <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Please apply the following patch which fixes a BUG() on boot when the
> kernel is compiled with spinlock debugging in bk head.  Cheers,
> 
>                 -ben
> 
> ===== net/core/sock.c 1.67 vs edited =====
> --- 1.67/net/core/sock.c        2005-03-26 18:04:35 -05:00
> +++ edited/net/core/sock.c      2005-04-04 12:46:26 -04:00
> @@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@
> 
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(sk_common_release);
> 
> -static rwlock_t proto_list_lock;
> +static rwlock_t proto_list_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED;

This was already fixed by James Bottomley and its in Dave tree waiting for Linus
to do a pull.

Thanks anyway!

- Arnaldo