Re: loopback in 2.4.14

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On Tuesday, 6. November 2001 19:36, Marc Brekoo wrote:
> > 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?
>
> Could be, I don't know. I haven't had a chance to actually look at the
> code.
>
> Marc.
This is solved, look at
http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0111.0/1085.html

Franz
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