Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Nov 2003 01:40:11 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0test9 Reiserfs boot time "buffer layer error at fs/buffer.c:431" |
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Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 11:33:54PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > aargh. I thought Debian's 2.6 kernels were unmodified. Are they carrying > > any other changes? > > Yes we are. You can find the changes in > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/kernel-source-2.6.0-test9/
Where are the separated patches?
That's 170k of stuff you're sitting on. Is there any plan to get it synced up?
> > That _should_ work. The pagecache pages should be in such a state that all > > buffers are freeable and yes, we can leave the pagecache there. But this > > could cause problems if the device was repartitioned in between, or if it > > was hotswapped. I don't think we shoot down pagecache anywhere else for > > this. > > Yes, however it should be safe to stop set_blocksize from calling > truncate_inode_pages, right?
No, because _something_ has to rub out the wrong-sized buffer_heads. One could add some new function which walks the pagecache and removes the buffer_heads from the pages, leaving the pages there. There doesn't seem a lot of point in it though?
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