Re: [BUG 2.6.17-git] kmem_cache_create: duplicate cache scsi_cmd_cache

[Erik Mouw]

On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 04:50:32PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sat, 13 May 2006, Al Viro wrote:
> > 
> > BTW, the best option is to kill bdev_uevent() again.  Short of that,
> > skip PHYSDEV mess if disk doesn't have GENHD_FL_UP.
> 
> I do think the mount/umount events are valid and interesting, so I'd much 
> rather see the second version.
> 
> However, that does beg the question: wouldn't that effectively be what the 
> patch I posted would do? Notably the "disk->driverfs_dev = NULL" part 
> after we've dropped it (the "KOBJ_REMOVE" event move is a separate issue, 
> mixed here into the same patch, but should result in possibly better name 
> generation for the event).
> 
> Basically, onces driverfs_dev has been dropped, we NULL it out, and then 
> the people who use it automatically get the right result.
> 
> Yes? No? "You're a total klutz, Linus, that patch won't actually do 
> anything, because <xyz>"?

Just want to confirm that I can't recreate the SCSI slab error anymore
with your patch (032ebf2620ef99a4fedaa0f77dc2272095ac5863) in the
current -git kernel.


Erik

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