Re: loopback in 2.4.14

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Hi,

> Is it just me, or is there a problem with the loopback module (loop.o) in
> the new 2.2.14 kernel?
>
> drivers/block/loop.c is still using the deactivate_page() function that
> used to be defined in mm/swap.c, but it's been removed for this kernel
> (nothing else was using it, so the impact isn't severe).
>
> Is this right, or am I missing something obvious?


Well, something is wrong AFAIK. Someone on lkml said the following to fix
it:

"Edit /usr/src/linux/drivers/block/loop.c: change all instances (2) of
deactivate_page to lru_cache_del."

I haven't tested it yet, although...

Greets,
Marc.



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