[Linux-cluster] CS4 U2 / crash when "less /proc/cluster/status"

[Robert Peterson]

Patrick Caulfield wrote:
> less reads the start of the file in a small chunk (64 bytes I think) and the code in proc_cluster_status doesn't stop when it
> reaches the 'length' parameter (slapped wrist).
>
> That routine should really be changed to use seq_file like the rest of them.
>
> It probably used to be OK, but more and more stuff has been added to the /proc file over time and it's a lot bigger than it used to be !
Patrick,

Yeah, that's how I'd fix it.  The other proc files that use seq_file 
don't panic, so it probably will work.

Bob Peterson
Red Hat Cluster Suite