Re: 2.2.9 stability issues?

Tim Waugh (tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 20 May 1999 20:29:05 +0100 (GMT)


On Thu, 20 May 1999, Chris Ricker wrote:

> c0124e7a, from System.map, appears to be c0124edc, which is find_buffer.
> That could make sense, I guess, because the last message on the console
> before that crash appears to be:
>
> Attempt to refile free buffer
>
> which is from fs/buffer.c....
>
> Sorry I don't have a complete Oops that might actually let people do
> something. I'm leaving town tomorrow, but when I get back, if it's still
> crashing, I'll hook up a printer to the serial console and see if that lets
> me actually catch anything.

That would be useful. There's another 2.2.9 problem with freeing free
buffers, I think. It might be quite handy to force an oops at the
'refiling free buffer' warning in fs/buffer.c, to see who's actually doing
that.

Tim.
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