Re: Oops and Panics in 2.6.21.1, 2.6.20.6 and 2.6.19.2

[Eric Sandeen]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2007 17:40:53 +0200 Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I see.  I thought there was different approach on fixing the problem.
> > I'll try to backport the synchronization fix but am afraid it can be too
> > risky for -stable.  If it seems too risky, I'll send a patch to disable
> > reclamation.
>
> OK.  Sad.  Maybe we add /proc/sys/fs/i-have-lots-of-disks-and-dont-mind-if-it-oopses
> to enable the old behaviour.

Out of curiosity, is there a decent reproducer for this problem, or is 
it just a few lucky individuals? :)

-Eric
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