Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Nov 2000 15:09:11 +0200 | From | Ville Herva <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.18pre19 oops in try_to_free_pages |
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On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:57:59PM +0000, you [Alan Cox] claimed: > > I wasn't the one who used cdrom, so it is possible, that the person in > > question had been able to eject the cd without unmounting it first. I'll > > check if the door locking on that device works. > > Also rpm -e magicdev --nodeps if magicdev is on the box.
Oops. Seems that there was one. Looks like I did not check the system well enough after rh70 install...
> > But you are certain that the oops was eventually caused by these and not > > by any bug in vm? > > This one . Yes.
Ok, good. So avoiding ejecting cdrom without unmounting first will save me from further oopses.
> The VM layer isnt causing any oopses I've seen in 2.2.17+. It doesn't always > make good choices and Rik or Andrea's stuff is on the list after 2.2.18
Yes. The other problem I saw with 2.2.18pre vm wasn't an oops, it was a rampaging vm rambo that slaughtered my X while it was idle. Admittedly that is not as severe as oops, so the vm situation is not as bad as I thought.
> (I refuse to mix VM changes with the big driver changes)
No problem.
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