Re: [PATCH] Fixes for prep_zero_page

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Chris Wright wrote:

> * Zwane Mwaikambo (zwane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > It looks like it's still not happy with CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC under load.
> > 
> > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ec5d97f4
> 
> Is that in vmalloc space?

Hmm it looks like.

> >  printing eip:
> > c014a882
> > *pde = 0083e067
> > Oops: 0000 [#1]
> > PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
> > Modules linked in:
> > CPU:    0
> > EIP:    0060:[<c014a882>]    Not tainted VLI
> > EFLAGS: 00010002   (2.6.10-mm2)
> > EIP is at check_slabuse+0x52/0xf0
> 
> Hmm, isn't that from Manfred's patch to periodically scan?  Doesn't look
> to me like it's related to the page prep fixup.  What kind of load, etc?

I had an email exchange with Christopher and we came to the conclusion 
that it's breakage elsewhere with CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/