Re: Kernel 2.4.10 /proc/partitions

Andrzej Krzysztofowicz (ankry@green.mif.pg.gda.pl)
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:33:28 +0200 (CEST)

>
> I also have this problem as mentioned before.
>
> The problem cropped up between 2.4.10-pre5 and 2.4.10-pre6,
> I did some checking. pre5 is fine, pre6 is broken.
>
> >From what I saw, my guess is that
> genhd.c and the gendisk rewrites might be related.
>
> Unfortunately have no time to look at it until mid-October-
> any help appreciated.

I used to observe similar problem many kernels ago (2.1.x ?).
Then it was related to a module not removing its gendisk from the
list when unloading. The list became circular at its next modification.

Maybe something similar ?

> > major minor #blocks name
> >
> > 8 0 17692672 sda
> > 8 1 32098 sda1
> > 8 2 32130 sda2
> > 8 3 4096575 sda3
> > 8 4 13526730 sda4
> > 8 0 17692672 sda
> > 8 1 32098 sda1
> > 8 2 32130 sda2
> > 8 3 4096575 sda3
[...]
> > the cat command never stop to list.

Andrzej

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