From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Invalidate: busy buffer at shutdown with 2.4.11
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:29:36 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9q1t1g$21m$1@penguin.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110100917460.234-100000@desktop>
In article <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110100917460.234-100000@desktop>,
Jeffrey W. Baker <jwbaker@acm.org> wrote:
>What does this message mean in 2.4.11 at shutdown time:
>
>Invalidate: busy buffer
>
>I'm afraid it means "now your RAID is fucked."
No, it really means: raid and LVM are a bit too happy to invalidate the
underlying block devices, and the warning should be harmless.
Unless, of course, all your data has magically gone up in smoke ;)
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-10 16:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-10 16:18 Invalidate: busy buffer at shutdown with 2.4.11 Jeffrey W. Baker
2001-10-10 16:29 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2001-10-10 16:46 ` Chris Mason
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