Re: mm and Oops

Andries writes: > After sending util-linux out, I booted a kernel that had kdev_t > a pointer type, to see whether that still works. > And all (minus md/lvm/nfs that didnt compile)... Yes, LVM totally abuses kdev_t (assumes = dev_t in user space). Changing kdev_t should force this to be cleaned u

mm and Oops

After sending util-linux out, I booted a kernel that had kdev_t a pointer type, to see whether that still works. And all (minus md/lvm/nfs that didnt compile) was fine except that kswapd produced an oops. Investigation shows that it was caused by the combination of what calls "Ugly ugly ugly HACK