From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 17:02:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 17:02:43 -0500 Received: from vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca ([136.159.55.21]:58807 "EHLO vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 17:02:27 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:02:23 -0700 Message-Id: <200112212202.fBLM2N717016@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> From: Richard Gooch To: Gregor Suhr Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: OOPS at boot in 2.4.17-rc[12] (kernel BUG at slab.c:815) maybe devfs In-Reply-To: <3C23A022.5040307@Suhr.home.cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <3C210AB9.5000900@suhr.home.cs.tu-berlin.de> <200112202338.fBKNcCI05673@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> <3C227F0E.E6A9CF76@zip.com.au> <3C23842A.20407@Suhr.home.cs.tu-berlin.de> <200112211926.fBLJQ7814544@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> <3C23A022.5040307@Suhr.home.cs.tu-berlin.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Gregor Suhr writes: > > > > > > > >Now this is useful information! I see what's caused this: the second > >mount of devfs (because you're using initrd) is creating the > >devfsd_event slab cache again, which is a bug. I've appended a patch > >which fixes this. Please test it out and let me know how it goes. > > > I applied the patch to 2.4.17 and it seems to work well (the system came > up). Great. > Do you have an idea how I can solve the err. -17 error or may i realy > ignore it? I've added a section to the devfs FAQ to answer this. http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html Regards, Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca