Re: kswapd craziness in 3.7

From: Zlatko Calusic
Date: Mon Dec 10 2012 - 17:15:46 EST


On 10.12.2012 22:54, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 01:47:23PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Aren't we gonna consider the out-of-tree vbox modules being loaded and
causing some corruptions like maybe the single-bit error above?

I'm also thinking of this here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/6/317

Yup, that looks more likely, I agree.

@Zlatko: can your daughter try to retrigger the freeze without the vbox
modules loaded?


Sure thing! :)

Although, the vbox modules were only loaded, no VM was running at the time lockup happened. But, I've just read the whole thread you mention above and I understand the concern. I'll make sure the vbox modules are unloaded when not really needed (most of the time on that machine), in case lockup happens again.

Next time my daughter plays online games, I'll tell her she's actually serving a greater purpose, and let her take her time. :)
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Zlatko
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