Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:54:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:54:48 -0500 Received: from h24-64-71-161.cg.shawcable.net ([24.64.71.161]:25081 "EHLO lynx.adilger.int") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:54:33 -0500 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:53:41 -0700 From: Andreas Dilger To: Samuli Suonpaa Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.15pre7: kernel: invalidate: busy buffer Message-ID: <20011120125341.Y1308@lynx.no> Mail-Followup-To: Samuli Suonpaa , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <87itc5dysd.fsf@puck.erasmus.jurri.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <87itc5dysd.fsf@puck.erasmus.jurri.net>; from suonpaa@iki.fi on Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 09:31:46PM +0200 X-GPG-Key: 1024D/0D35BED6 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7A37 5D79 BF1B CECA D44F 8A29 A488 39F5 0D35 BED6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Nov 20, 2001 21:31 +0200, Samuli Suonpaa wrote: > Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: busy buffer > Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon last message repeated 55 times > Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: dirty buffer > Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: busy buffer > Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: dirty buffer > Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: busy buffer > Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: dirty buffer > Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: busy buffer > > Since I do not know what this should tell me, I'd appreciate if > somebody told me what this is all about. I can, of course, provide > more information if necessary. But since I don't have a clue on what > this would be related to (other that the printk seems to be in > buffer.c) I have no idea of what information might be useful. It means you are using LVM on a new kernel. Some day, the LVM code will be changed so it doesn't do that. For now it is not a real error, just a warning. It doesn't cause any real problems. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ - 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/