Re: PROBLEM: kernel BUG at mm/swap_state.c:78! (v2.6.21 under vmware)

2007-06-17 Thread Tom Robinson
Ok, just to add to the original email - the system has been stable since I rebooted a couple of days ago, until this morning when I got the following: Jun 17 08:47:41 acid kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address f1e8 Jun 17 08:47:41 acid kernel: printing eip: J

Re: PROBLEM: kernel BUG at mm/swap_state.c:78! (v2.6.21 under vmware)

2007-06-15 Thread Johannes Weiner
Hi, I am not sure if this patch is a fix or a hiding (or leads to more trouble at all), so, could PLEASE anyone with knowledge about the code see over it? Thanks :) shrink_page_list() should not pass a private page to add_to_swap(). Is it a bug if the page is private when reaching this point? I d