Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 6 Nov 2001 16:41:41 +0100 | From | Tim Tassonis <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.14 breaks block/loop.c (loopback device) |
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Hi
> Hi! > > The latest kernel seems to breake the loop device. I used 2.4.13 before, and > everything was fine. I didn't change my kernel config when upgrading. > > I compile the loop device as a module. trying to modprobe/insmod it, I get the > following error message: > > unresolved symbol in loop.o: deactivate_page
You can apply below patch to fix this. Worked for me with no problem. This was already discussed on the list and Linus said this would be the appropriate fix.
diff -ru linux/drivers/block/loop.c linux-patched/drivers/block/loop.c --- linux/drivers/block/loop.c Tue Nov 6 10:41:15 2001 +++ linux-patched/drivers/block/loop.c Tue Nov 6 10:43:51 2001 @@ -218,14 +218,12 @@ index++; pos += size; UnlockPage(page); - deactivate_page(page); page_cache_release(page); } return 0;
unlock: UnlockPage(page); - deactivate_page(page); page_cache_release(page); fail: return -1; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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