> I've managed to reproduce a bug with similar characteristics: a write > fault into a present, writable kernel page. The attached patch should > fix it.
Sorry for the delay in continuing this thread. Anyway, the oops seems to be pretty reproducible by running the makewhatis and locate db update scripts in a loop. I've applied your patch and kicked off a test run; I'll let you know if I can still get the bug to happen. Thanks - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/