> + static int __init init_ext3_fs(void) > + { > + int err = init_ext3_xattr(); > ++ > ++ /* fix for oops */ > ++ printk(KERN_ERR "[%d] init_ext3_fs(), err = %d\n", __LINE__, err); urgg, this is not a fix but a hack. Should look more like: /* ugly hack to work around compiler bug */ #ifdef __alpha__ printk(KERN_DEBUG "[%d] init_ext3_fs(), err = %d\n", __LINE__, err); #endif