Bug#638887: udev: cdrom_id process can not be killed

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi again,

Jameson Graef Rollins wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:34:56 -0500, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:

>> The only potentially problematic commit I could find is the following.
>> It might be worth testing with it backed out.
>
> Hey, Jonathan.  I haven't done much kernel rebuilding at all, so I'm not
> sure what's the best way to rebuild my kernel with this patch reverted.
> If you can give me a few pointers on a good way to do that it would be
> much appreciated.  Presumably I should start by apt-getting source
> linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64?  Is a straight debuild then the best way to
> rebuild the kernel after applying the change?

Now I'm in suspense.  Did you get a chance to test the kernel with
Tejun Heo's commit bf2253a6f00e[1] reverted?  The method you suggest
should work fine, too, for what it's worth.  There are instructions
for patching the kernel and building one flavor at a time at

 http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s4.2.3

Thanks,
Jonathan

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=638887#59