lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2003]   [Jan]   [2]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: getblk spins endlessly in 2.4.19 SMP
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> get_blk() loops forever internally for in a sort piece of driver code of
> mine.

probably it found some buffers with the wrong ->b_size, tried to
get rid of them via try_to_free_buffers(), failed, and then fell
into the "oh, we're out of memory" loop.

You need to work out why grow_dev_page() is seeing buffers with
the wrong size against the page. Be looking for incorrect or
missing calls to set_blocksize().
-
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/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:32    [W:0.051 / U:0.000 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site