From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:03:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:03:47 -0400 Received: from [216.174.202.135] ([216.174.202.135]:64530 "EHLO celeborn.rivendell.insynq.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:03:37 -0400 From: Ian Eure MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15060.43709.340915.563107@pyramid.insynq.com> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:04:29 -0700 To: Jens Axboe Cc: Ian Eure , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: loop problems continue in 2.4.3 In-Reply-To: <20010409095607.A432@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <15055.36597.353681.125824@pyramid.insynq.com> <20010409095607.A432@suse.de> X-Mailer: VM 6.89 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-Face: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org i get this message when it panics: -- snip -- loop: setting 534781920 bs for 07:86 Kernel panic: Invalid blocksize passed to set_blocksize -- snip -- Jens Axboe writes: > On Sat, Apr 07 2001, Ian Eure wrote: > > i'm still having loopback problems with linux 2.4.3, even though they > > were supposed to be fixed. it doesn't deadlock my maching right away > > anymore, but instead causes a kernel panic after 4-6 uses of the loop > > device. > > > > the message i get is: "Kernel panic: Invalid blocksize passed to > > set_blocksize" > > > > 100% reproducable. has anyone else seen this? > > > > i did compile with gcc 2.92.3, and i have hedrick's ide patches > > applied. > > > > anyone else see this? > > Nope, please add a printk like before set_blocksize in > drivers/block/loop.c and print the bs info, like so > > printk("loop: setting %d bs for %s\n", bs, kdevname(inode->i_rdev)); > set_blocksize(dev, bs); > > -- > Jens Axboe -- ___________________________________ | Ian Eure - | "You're living in a facist world... | - Developer - | Freedom is a luxury." -Front Line | - InsynQ, Inc. - | Assembly, "Digital Tension Dementia" | Your Internet Utility Company.tm |________________________________________