Re: 2.2.18pre19 oops in try_to_free_pages

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Tue Nov 28 2000 - 07:57:59 EST


> I wasn't the one who used cdrom, so it is possible, that the person in
> question had been able to eject the cd without unmounting it first. I'll
> check if the door locking on that device works.

Also rpm -e magicdev --nodeps if magicdev is on the box.

> But you are certain that the oops was eventually caused by these and not
> by any bug in vm?

This one . Yes.

The VM layer isnt causing any oopses I've seen in 2.2.17+. It doesn't always
make good choices and Rik or Andrea's stuff is on the list after 2.2.18
(I refuse to mix VM changes with the big driver changes)

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