Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 16:37:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 16:37:06 -0500 Received: from 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk ([81.2.122.30]:52745 "EHLO 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 16:37:06 -0500 From: John Bradford Message-Id: <200303082142.h28Lgfok003005@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Subject: Re: 2.4.21-pre5-ac2: kernel oops with "swapoff -a" To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 21:42:41 +0000 (GMT) Cc: wa1ter@myrealbox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1047163205.26745.1.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> from "Alan Cox" at Mar 08, 2003 10:40:06 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 905 Lines: 19 > > Plain 2.4.21-pre5 does NOT show this problem, so it seems to be a > > patch that was specifically introduced in -pre4-ac7 and I don't > > know enough to narrow it any further than that. I'm not an > > accomplished kernel debugger so I can't offer much more info than > > that, but I'd like to help if you can give me some hints what kind > > of information you might need to find the problem. > > The patch is staying in -ac until I find out why you hit it. I've had no > other reports so far, but it just be the way your system is calling it. Just a thought - maybe he is using type 0 swap space? That could explain the lack of other reports... John. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/