To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) Subject: Linux-2.2.4 testpatch.. Date: 24 Mar 1999 17:29:09 GMT There's a potential problem under certain load conditions with 2.2.4, which should be fixed by this one-liner. If you have trouble with 2.2.4 (apart from the obvious one where you have to add ", NULL" to two places in kernel/acct.c), would you try this simple thing? Note that I _really_ want to hear about if if this makes any difference at all. It's a real bug, but I think it needs some rather pathological usage patterns to actually become a real problem. So I'd like to know if it actually makes a difference in real life... Linus ----- --- v2.2.4/linux/fs/buffer.c Tue Mar 23 14:35:48 1999 +++ linux/fs/buffer.c Wed Mar 24 09:11:53 1999 @@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ return; } remove_from_queues(buf); + buf->b_count = 0; put_last_free(buf); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/