Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 May 1999 17:47:48 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.9 oops |
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Hi Tim.
>> Attached herewith are the files you requested compiles from a >> pristine 2.2.9+Tim_Waugh_cyclades_patch
> Okay. What's going on is that info->close_wait is non-zero and > 'active', but (*info->close_wait)->task is 0x1! __wake_up then > trips over it when we say > 'wake_up_interruptible(&info->close_wait)'.
> I can't see any way that can ever happen. > (*info->close_wait)->task must always be 8k-aligned, since it's > always set to current whenever it's set.
Why 8k-aligned? Aren't pages 4k in size (at least on ix86), or am I misunderstanding completely what you're referring to?
Best wishes from Riley.
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