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

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>]

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.

-- 
Nathan