On Wednesday September 3, rjw@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121998896602338&w=4 > > > > > As a matter of fact, now it's even worse. > > > > On bootup, I see > > > > md4: bitmap initalized from disk: read 10/10 pages, set 6 bits > > created bitmap for device md4 (156 pages) > > unable to handle null pointer dereference > > write_page+0x179 > > > > _spin_unlock_irqrestore > > bitmap_update_sb > > bitmap_create > > do_md_run > > [ snipped the rest ] > > > > when I boot 2.6.27-rc5 with the mentioned patch. I've written this > > information down by hand. I don't have a dmesg, since my root filesystem > > is on a raid1-volume, and thus I can't boot 2.6.27-rc5. > > If you need more information, please let me know. Yes. As I said it was an untested patch and it did turn out to have a problem when I finally found time to test it. The fixed version is here: http://neil.brown.name/git?p=md;a=commitdiff;h=b2d2c4ceaddc3098f19637a732f74b820a81a9e7 and is with Linus now, so... > > Can you test the current -git kernel, please? ...this is good advice. Thanks, NeilBrown -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
