Re: [PATCH] Fix sys_mount not to free_page(0)

Kanoj Sarcar (kanoj@google.engr.sgi.com)
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 16:51:53 -0700 (PDT)

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> On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Kanoj Sarcar wrote:
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> > Could you please take this patch into the 2.2 and 2.3 streams? It
> > basically prevents sys_mount() from trying to invoke free_page(0).
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> Hmm..
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> free_page(0) is actually supposed to work. Doesn't it?
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> Linus
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Umm, it does ... I was thinking it was happenstance, and not by design.
I ran into a panic with some code I am trying to write and ran into
this ... maybe I should fix my code ...

Is it worthwhile to clean this up, or do other places in the code rely
on this behavior of free_page?

Kanoj

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