Re: PROBLEM: The module loop.o has an unresolved dependency: deactivate_page()

From: Adrian Bunk (bunk@fs.tum.de)
Date: Fri Nov 09 2001 - 15:38:57 EST

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On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Roby wrote:

> Kernel 2.4.14
>
> [1.] The module loop.o has an unresolved dependency: deactivate_page()
> [2.] If I compile the module loop.o as a module it compiles fine,but then it
> has un unresolved dependency: deactivate_page(). This function once was in
> the source file mm/swap.c, but in the kernel 2.4.14 it disappeared. I know
> the function existed in the kernel 2.4.10.
>...

This is a known bug.

The following patch fixes it:

--- linux-2.4.14-broken/drivers/block/loop.c Thu Oct 25 13:58:34 2001
+++ linux-2.4.14/drivers/block/loop.c Mon Nov 5 17:06:08 2001
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@
                 index++;
                 pos += size;
                 UnlockPage(page);
- deactivate_page(page);
                 page_cache_release(page);
         }
         return 0;
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@
         kunmap(page);
unlock:
         UnlockPage(page);
- deactivate_page(page);
         page_cache_release(page);
fail:
         return -1;

cu
Adrian

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