Re: 2.6.7-vanilla-SMP kernel: pagebuf_get: failed to lookup pages

Nathan Scott
2004-07-29T04:58:56Z

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 05:33:57PM -0700, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 05:21:25PM -0700, L A Walsh wrote:
>
> > Will this be included/fixed in 2.6.8?
>
> i assume that's the intention but i don't know when 2.6.8 is and how
> much time the sgi people have before then. my guess is yes though

The fix has been included in the 2.6.8-pre/rc kernels for some
time now, so yes it'll be in 2.6.8.

> > How serious is the problem? The system doesn't seem to panic or
> > indicate backup failures.
>
> not sure, hch can you comment here maybe?

This leaked locked pages on metadata readahead failure (which
could occur when free memory becomes low), which is serious.

cheers.

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Nathan