Re: 2.6.test11 bug

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Gordon Cormack wrote:
>
> I have read the FAQ but I'm confused about how to report a 2.6
> kernel bug, or who to report it to.

This is good.

> Here it is in a nutshell.

And we want some more information on what kind of load/machine/config this
is. However, I'm guessing from the report..

> Dec  6 13:16:01 flax20 kernel: Bad page state at free_hot_cold_page

..that this might be running XFS? We've had this report from XFS users
before.

But if it isn't using XFS, holler _loudly_, and please do include more
information about what configuration (both hardware and kernel config) the
machine has.

> As an aside, all versions of the 2.4 kernel are brought to their knees
> in this application ("kswapd problems" hit full force and none of the
> suggested patches worked).  Even with the occasional crash, 2.6.test11 is
> way better.

Hey, I don't like the occasional crash either.

		Linus
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