Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:53:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:53:46 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:1548 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:53:41 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:53:38 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Jens Axboe Cc: Andi Kleen , Alessandro Suardi , Linus Torvalds , John Levon , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davej@suse.de Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix 2.5.3pre reiserfs BUG() at boot time Message-ID: <20020128155337.A11950@wotan.suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20020125180149.GB45738@compsoc.man.ac.uk> <20020125204911.A17190@wotan.suse.de> <20020125133814.U763@lynx.adilger.int> <20020125231555.A22583@wotan.suse.de> <3C54871E.80621B4E@oracle.com> <20020128010142.A23952@wotan.suse.de> <20020128120747.A837@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020128120747.A837@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 12:07:47PM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28 2002, Andi Kleen wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 12:02:54AM +0100, Alessandro Suardi wrote: > > > > > > 2.5.3-pre5 + this patch still can't boot my system. I haven't had > > > time to copy down oops at boot, will do if needed. > > > > Please do. I cannot see anything in the patch that should prevent bootup > > though, so I would also recommend a make clean and recompile first just > > to make sure it isn't a broken build. > > Probably the kmem_cache_create 'name too long' bug that Viro pointed out > to me. fs/reiserfs/super.c:init_inodecache(). Change the name passed to > kmem_cache_create to something shorter. The patch he tried removed the check of the name length ;) -Andi - 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/