Re: netboot loader not closing devices (was: Re: Kernel panic with 7.0_BETA)

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

Oh, if you experience issues and can test: I think the patch below should
be enough - can you test it?

Martin

Index: boot.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/arch/vax/boot/boot/boot.c,v
retrieving revision 1.32
diff -u -p -r1.32 boot.c
--- boot.c	9 Nov 2013 18:31:53 -0000	1.32
+++ boot.c	5 Jun 2015 11:13:55 -0000
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ Xmain(void)
 			marks[MARK_START] = 0;
 			err = loadfile(filelist[fileindex].name, marks,
 			    LOAD_KERNEL|COUNT_KERNEL);
-			if (err == 0) {
+			if (err >= 0) {
+				close(err);
 				machdep_start((char *)marks[MARK_ENTRY],
 						      marks[MARK_NSYM],
 					      (void *)marks[MARK_START],
@@ -231,7 +232,8 @@ fail:			printf("usage: boot [filename] [
 load:
 	marks[MARK_START] = 0;
 	err = loadfile(fn, marks, LOAD_KERNEL|COUNT_KERNEL);
-	if (err == 0) {
+	if (err >= 0) {
+		close(err);
 		machdep_start((char *)marks[MARK_ENTRY],
 				      marks[MARK_NSYM],
 			      (void *)marks[MARK_START],