Re: 2.4.15pre7: kernel: invalidate: busy buffer

From: Andreas Dilger (adilger@turbolabs.com)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 14:53:41 EST


On Nov 20, 2001 21:31 +0200, Samuli Suonpaa wrote:
> Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: busy buffer
> Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon last message repeated 55 times
> Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: dirty buffer
> Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: busy buffer
> Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: dirty buffer
> Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: busy buffer
> Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: dirty buffer
> Nov 20 21:20:27 oberon kernel: invalidate: busy buffer
>
> Since I do not know what this should tell me, I'd appreciate if
> somebody told me what this is all about. I can, of course, provide
> more information if necessary. But since I don't have a clue on what
> this would be related to (other that the printk seems to be in
> buffer.c) I have no idea of what information might be useful.

It means you are using LVM on a new kernel. Some day, the LVM code
will be changed so it doesn't do that. For now it is not a real
error, just a warning. It doesn't cause any real problems.

Cheers, Andreas

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