Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Aug 2006 00:13:08 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] [PATCH] ext3 -nobh option causes oops (2.6.17.7) |
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On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 01:42:41PM -0700, Badari Pulavarty wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > ext3 -nobh option causes kernel oops on files other than IFREG - > since the modification to them are journalled anyway and the > code expects to have buffer_head attached to it. > > We need this patch for stable series also. > > Thanks, > Badari > > For files other than IFREG, nobh option doesn't make sense. > Modifications to them are journalled and needs buffer heads > to do that. Without this patch, we get kernel oops in page_buffers(). > > Signed-off-by: Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com>
Queued to -stable.
thanks,
greg k-h
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