linux-kernel - Re: fs/fs-writeback oopses in kernel 2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686.PAE

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Message-Id: <20100614125716.b04fcd28.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:57:16 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bastien@...il.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>,
	Frantisek Hanzlik <franta@...zlici.cz>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: fs/fs-writeback oopses in kernel 2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686.PAE

On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:06:17 +0200
Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bastien@...il.com> wrote:

> > > I don't see anything which would generate this warning in 2.6.33.4's
> > > fs/fs-writeback.c:597. __RH must have mucked with it.
> > Already fixed in mainstream by
> > commit 7c8a3554c683f512dbcee26faedb42e4c05f12fa
> > Author: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
> > Date: __ Tue May 18 14:29:29 2010 +0200
> 
> Do you send it to stable ? I am hitting the same bug and count is high
> on kerneloops (http://www.kerneloops.org/searchweek.php?search=writeback_inodes_wb)
> 

The commit didn't have a cc:stable in the changelog so no, it probably
wasn't backported.

But that commit was later reverted anyway.  Hopefully when the real fix
gets merged, it will be backported.

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