Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 May 1999 13:33:16 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: OOPS in 2.2.8 buffer code (bdflush related) |
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On Wed, 12 May 1999, Ionut Badulescu wrote: > > It seems that the kernel is trying to wake up bdflush and bdflush is not > quite ready... bdflush_tsk == NULL and that NULL propagates all the way to > %edx in wake_up_process. main.c does try to start bdflush before playing > with initrd, so it looks like a race condition to me. BTW, the same kernel > with the same initrd boots fine on a much faster machine (K6/350 UP).
Embarrassing, agreed. Easily fixed by putting a test for a NULL bdflush task,
Linus
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