Re: Kernel (2.2.9) crash after trying to mount a swap-device.

A. Wik (aw@mail1.bet1.puv.fi)
Sun, 06 Jun 1999 10:39:34 +0000

This has happened to me several times, starting with kernel 2.2.0.
I have reported the problem every time, but I've always been told
to upgrade. At least I've learnt to be more careful about what
I try to mount...

Ralf Nyren <plumbum@linux.nu> wrote:
> 1. Kernel (2.2.9) crash after trying to mount a swap-device.
>
> 2. Well of course you shouldn't mount swap ;-) Still I think this
> problem worth a bug report since a failing mount attempt shouldn't
> crash the kernel.
[...]
>
> # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
> [MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 16,check=n,conv=b,uid=0,gid=0,umask=022]
> [me=0xff,cs=32385,#f=255,fs=65409,fl=8322945,ds=2130673920,de=65535,data=2130678111,se=65535,ts=-1,ls=65535,rc=0,fc=4294967295]
> Transaction block size = 512
> VFS: Can't find a valid MSDOS filesystem on dev 03:01.
> # cat /dev/zero | memory-eater // Just run some program that uses a LOT
> of memory
> kernel: ll_rw_block: device 03:01: only 512-char blocks implemented (4096)
> kernel: ll_rw_block: device 03:01: only 512-char blocks implemented (4096)
> kernel: ll_rw_block: device 03:01: only 512-char blocks implemented (4096)
> kernel: ll_rw_block: device 03:01: only 512-char blocks implemented (4096)

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