Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Apr 2001 23:39:28 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: kernel panic when using loop device on kernel 2.4.3 |
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On Wed, Apr 18 2001, Mike Panetta wrote: > I have been getting kernel panics on kernel 2.4.3 > when using the loop device on a rather regular basis. > I get a kernel panic but no oops message. The kernel > panic message says Kernel panic: invalid blocksize passed > to set_blocksize. I saw that someone else on the list > has had these problems as well but I have seen no response.
There was a response, I just didn't have time to look at the problem just yet.
> Has a fix for this bug been posted that I have not seen? > Is the fix in any current stable or AC kernel? As far as > I know I am not using any strange options. The only thing > I can think of would be that multiple people are using the > loopback device at the same time. This is because the box > that is having the problems is a build server for a custom > software distro. We use the loopback filesystem to create > the boot image. The box is a 4way xeon with 1GB of ram.
For now, just losetup and don't mount directly -- the previous report had something to do with that, so I'm assuming that's part of the reason at least.
> Are there any known issues with loopback and SMP? Or even > loopback and multiple mounts/usage?
No
-- Jens Axboe
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