Messages in this thread | | | From | Michael Buesch <> | Subject | Re: Oops when using growisofs | Date | Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:09:45 +0200 |
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On Sunday 22 June 2008 23:31:29 Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Sunday 22 June 2008, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > Evidently, alloc_page_buffers got an out of memory condition, which was not caught > > by create_empty_buffers. No idea how it should be handled, but the fact that it's > > not looks like a bug to me ;-). > > Oh, btw: http://www.kerneloops.org/search.php?search=create_empty_buffers&btnG=Function+Search > finds 15 more instances of the same bug (and one other bug), across lots of > kernel versions and architectures. The bug has been there since we started > using git.
So, ehm. Maybe some debugging code should be added?? We could at least add code that prevents a crash and adds WARN_ONs.
-- Greetings Michael.
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