Re: [Bug #13319] Page allocation failures with b43 and p54usb

From: Pekka Enberg
Date: Wed Aug 26 2009 - 02:25:18 EST


Hi Rafael,

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki<rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> of regressions introduced between 2.6.29 and 2.6.30.
>
> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> introduced between 2.6.29 and 2.6.30.  Please verify if it still should
> be listed and let me know (either way).
>
>
> Bug-Entry       : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13319
> Subject         : Page allocation failures with b43 and p54usb
> Submitter       : Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date            : 2009-04-29 21:01 (119 days old)
> References      : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124103897101088&w=4
>                  http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/7/136
>                  http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/26/213
> Handled-By      : Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>                  David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Patch           : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/37655/

FYI, the fix (a new slub debugging option) is queued for 2.6.32 and we
don't have plans to backport it to -stable because it depends on SLUB
out-of-memory diagnostic patches and the problem doesn't affect
production configs.

Pekka
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