Re: Linux 2.2.17pre16

From: Marcelo Tosatti (marcelo@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Sat Aug 12 2000 - 10:16:43 EDT

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    On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Toon van der Pas wrote:

    > On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 01:40:05PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
    > >
    > > On 10 Aug 2000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
    > >
    > > > In article >E13MevS-0001Si-00@the-village.bc.nu>,
    > > > Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
    > > > >2.2.17pre16
    > > > >o Fix long standing vm hang bug (Marcelo Tosatti)
    > > >
    > > > Just curious, is this supposed to fix the same bug as the (quite
    > > > different) patch from Marcelo (Subject: Re: oops 2.2.17pre15) in
    > > > <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008081914260.900-100000@freak.distro.conectiva> ?
    > >
    > > No.
    > >
    > > The patch included in 2.2.17pre16 fixes another problem.
    >
    > So what's the story about your three-line lock-patch for 2.2.17-pre15?

    > Does it really solve the problem?

    It does not seem to fix the __find_page problem, (octave reported an oops
    with my patch applied)

    > You asked Andrea for comment, but I didn't see any reaction from him.

    Neither I. :)

    > Should we apply the patch on top of 2.2.17-pre16?

    Yes.

    Even if it does not fix the __find_page() thing, it fixes a bug and should
    be applied.

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