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To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-mm2 - oops in cache_alloc_refill()
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:29:31 PDT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
References: <20060928014623.ccc9b885.akpm@osdl.org> <200609290319.k8T3JOwS005455@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:29:31 PDT, Andrew Morton said:
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:19:11 -0400
> Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:46:23 PDT, Andrew Morton said:
> > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.18/2.6.18-mm2/

> > Something is giving cache_alloc_refill() massive indigestion, I'm taking
> > lots of oopsen in it.  Usually within 5-10 minutes I'm dead in the water.
> 
> Could be anything I'm afraid.  But you're the first to report it, so there's
> something distinct in your .config or hardware.

Like *that* hasn't happened before. :)

> bisecting would be good, thanks.  It might be quicker to strip down the .config
> though.

On the other hand, this really smells like the kind of storage overlay that
changing the config can change what gets overlaid, scaring it into hiding.
The fact the system lives 5-10 minutes means that there's *something* that
happens that makes it manifest - and that could be almost anything.

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