> Hello,
Hi Hans,
>...
> # modprobe -v loop
> /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.14/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.14/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o
> Symbol version prefix ''
> /lib/modules/2.4.14/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o: unresolved symbol deactivate_page
> /lib/modules/2.4.14/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.14/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.14/kernel/drivers/block/loop.o: insmod loop failed
>
> # find /usr/src/linux-2.4.14 -type f -name '*.[ch]' |xargs grep deactivate_page
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.14/drivers/block/loop.c: deactivate_page(page);
>...
> There seems to be a problem with the routine deactivate_page, which is no longer present
> in the 2.4.14 kernel but is used somehow in the loop device code.
this is a known bug.
The following patch fixes it:
--- linux-2.4.14-broken/drivers/block/loop.c Thu Oct 25 13:58:34 2001
+++ linux-2.4.14/drivers/block/loop.c Mon Nov 5 17:06:08 2001
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@
index++;
pos += size;
UnlockPage(page);
- deactivate_page(page);
page_cache_release(page);
}
return 0;
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@
kunmap(page);
unlock:
UnlockPage(page);
- deactivate_page(page);
page_cache_release(page);
fail:
return -1;
> Hans
cu
Adrian
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