Re: [BUG] 2.4.17 kills processes in shrink_cache

From: Francois-Xavier 'FiX' KOWALSKI (francois-xavier.kowalski@club-internet.fr)
Date: Tue Feb 05 2002 - 15:34:27 EST

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Pierre Rousselet <pierre.rousselet@wanadoo.fr> writes:

> Francois-Xavier 'FiX' KOWALSKI wrote:
> > I encounter the following kernel error using stock kernel.org 2.4.17:
> > kernel BUG at vmscan.c:360!
> ..snip..
> > Looking on various linux-kernel ML archives, I found that the VM is
> > having some troubles, but no failure with the same backtrace as the
> > one I have, whereas I always have exactly the same one, at least on
> > the 2 lowest levels:
>
> Many problems were reported with 2.4.17: kswapd/swapper, ext2
> corruption, devfs bug... Couldn't you upgrade to 2.4.18-pre7 ?

Thanks for the advice. I saw that many bug-fixes are included within
18-pre7, but I was hoping to be able to stick on permanent
releases... :-(

FiX

-- François-Xavier 'FiX' KOWALSKI

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