Bug 63759 – can't turn off swap

Bug 63759 - can't turn off swap

Summary:	can't turn off swap

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Reported:	2002-04-18 09:42 EDT by Christopher McCrory
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:42 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2004-01-11 16:22:59 EST
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Description Christopher McCrory 2002-04-18 09:42:34 EDT

Description of Problem:
can't turn off swap

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.4.9-31smp  ( and 2.4.9-31)  i686

How Reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run server for a while
2. /sbin/swapoff -a
3. 

Actual Results:
swapoff returns quickly without removing swap

Expected Results:
swap turned off  ( 0 swap space avail )

Additional Information:
	
I'm seeing this on a number of servers, mostly smp but the same happens on one
up machine.

all are RH 7.2

Comment 1 Christopher McCrory 2004-01-11 16:22:59 EST

problem eventually went away with kernel update somewhere

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