Hi,
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 12:48:09PM +0100, Christian Lademann
wrote:>
> I think that work could be much easier, if all patches were against the
same
> vanilla-kernel (2.2.18 or 2.4.2) so conflicts could be resolved more
easily.
>
> Could you please consider to additionally release your ext3-patch for such
> a "common ground"?
2.2.18 has significant VM problems which make it unsuitable as a base.
2.2.19pre3 or later is enormously preferred. 2.4 patches will be
available in the future, but are not ready yet.
> PS: what's this line good for:
> @@ -871,9 +885,12 @@
>
> if(buf->b_dev == B_FREE) {
> printk("Attempt to refile free buffer\n");
> ++ *((char *) 0) = 0;
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It causes a kernel OOPS in response to a detected bug condition,
forcing the kernel to generate a stack backtrace on the syslog telling
us where the problem was detected. 2.4 kernels have a generic BUG()
macro which achieves the same end.
Cheers,
Stephen