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Re: Swap Questions (includes possible bug) - swapfile.c / swap.c

To: "Manfred Spraul" <masp0008@stud.uni-sb.de>
Subject: Re: Swap Questions (includes possible bug) - swapfile.c / swap.c
From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 19:36:36 +0100 (BST)
Cc: "Rik van Riel" <riel@nl.linux.org>, "Joseph Pranevich" <knight@baltimore.wwaves.com>, "Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>, "Linux MM" <linux-mm@kvack.org>
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Hi,

On Wed, 12 May 1999 12:30:27 +0200, "Manfred Spraul"
<masp0008@stud.uni-sb.de> said:

> There is another problem with this line:
> set_blocksize() also means that the previous block size
> doesn't work anymore:
> if you accidentially enter 'swapon /dev/hda1' (my root drive)
> instead of 'swapon /dev/hda3', then you have to fsck:

Yep, it would make perfect sense to move the set_blocksize to be after
the EBUSY check.

--Stephen
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