Re: Kernel BUG in loopback fs in -pre8

From: Tigran Aivazian (tigran@veritas.com)
Date: Sun May 21 2000 - 20:46:21 EST


On Sun, 21 May 2000, Kenneth C . Arnold wrote:

> I created a ~635 MB ISO CD image, and wrote it to a temporary partition
> so I could test it before writing it. I mounted the file -o loop in
> /mnt/temp, and then I go unmount it, as such (approximately):
>
> dolphin:~# mount -o loop /mnt/hda4/image1.raw /mnt/temp
> dolphin:~# ls /mnt/temp/
> (directory listing)
> dolphin:~# umount /mnt/temp/
> Kernel BUG in...
>
> (the full BUG is attached, also run through ksymoops even though it
> isn't an oops)
>
> Also, the umount -a that my rc scripts do when rebooting has some sort
> of problem, but the computer shuts off too soon afterwards for me to
> tell exactly what it was. End result is that I have to fsck on reboot.
>
> Is this a known issue? Is there any place where the known issues for the
> kernel are listed and updated frequently?
>
> Kenneth
>
> (attachments follow)

there were a few mnt_count accounting bugs in the ancient kernels like the
one you are using. Why not, instead of looking at it too deep, first check
if the problem disappeared in more modern virtually bugfree ( :) ) kernels
like pre9-3?

Regards,
Tigran

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