Re: Kernel Panic - rename 'swapper task'

Pavel Machek (pavel@elf.ucw.cz)
Sat, 10 Jan 1998 13:24:41 +0100


Hi!

> Yesterday I awoke to a crashed linux system. The first time in almost 2
> years on the same system. I have not added any hardware or software, that
> I know of, to cause this.
>
> The error is
>
> kernel panic skpush: under 001407b8:13340884 in swapper
> task - not syncing

This is network-related. To be sure that noone is playing teardrop
attack on you, upgrade to 2.0.33.

PROPOSAL: What about renaming 'swapper' task to 'idle'. This is
*CONFUSING*. In linux, our idle task does not have to do anything with
swap, so I think it would be fair.

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