Re: kiobuf / vm bug

[Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>]

Gerd Knorr wrote:
>    Hi,
>  
>  I think I have found a kiobuf-related bug in the VM of recent linux
>  kernels.  2.4.13 is fine, 2.4.14-pre1 doesn't boot my machine,
>  2.4.14-pre2 + newer kernels are broken.

[ ... ]

ok, the patch below (suggested by Andrea) fixes it.

  Gerd

--------------------- cut here -----------------
--- 2.4.15-pre4/mm/memory.c~	Tue Nov 13 10:52:01 2001
+++ 2.4.15-pre4/mm/memory.c	Thu Nov 15 18:24:16 2001
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
 		if (map) {
 			if (iobuf->locked)
 				UnlockPage(map);
-			__free_page(map);
+			page_cache_release(map);
 		}
 	}