Re: nr_files in linux-2.4.0-test2

From: Arjan van de Ven (arjan@fenrus.demon.nl)
Date: Sun Jun 25 2000 - 16:26:36 EST


In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10006251321150.11318-100000@home.suse.com> you wrote:

> Hello,

> Looks as though nr_files in fs/file_table.c is not being initialized
> anymore, on my box it is starting at a large negative number. So, was
> this supposed to be zero filled elsewhere, or do we just need the
> following patch?

This also might be caused by the thing Tigran found: some portions of the
kernel expect that

int x;
int y;
int z;

are consecutive in memory when they export it to /proc.

Tigran: any comments?

Greetings,
   Arjan van de Ven

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