On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> _Every_ time I have tried to trace a bit-flip oops like that in
> find_buffer, it has turned out to be hardware. find_buffer seems to
> be about the most sensitive place in the kernel to that sort of error:
> the buffer cache code walks its linked lists a lot more than most
> other places in the kernel do, in my experience.
It sure would be nice to have some form of CRC checking to detect problems
of this nature. I know it would kill performance though.
Cheers,
Alex
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