Re: loopback in 2.4.14

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On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 04:13:56PM +0100, Marc Brekoo wrote:
> 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."

Isn't removing the lines containing deactivate_page() enough?

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