Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932307AbXLQGjr (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:39:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757646AbXLQGji (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:39:38 -0500 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:34989 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756838AbXLQGjh (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:39:37 -0500 Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:39:17 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: David Miller Cc: mpm@selenic.com, m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc5-mm1: problems with cat /proc/kpageflags Message-Id: <20071216223917.873e34bf.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20071216.202611.226170474.davem@davemloft.net> References: <200712161948.42656.m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> <200712162010.11028.m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> <20071217021149.GC19691@waste.org> <20071216.202611.226170474.davem@davemloft.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.1 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1690 Lines: 41 On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:26:11 -0800 (PST) David Miller wrote: > From: Matt Mackall > Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:11:49 -0600 > > > But as the function doesn't actually show up in your stack trace, > > something else is probably wrong. So I'd also try commenting out > > pieces of that function until it started working. > > Some piece of state is being indirectly corrupted and this > is showing up later in some unrelated operation. > > Can someone send me this kpageflags patch under seperate > cover? I'll try figure out why it farts on sparc64. hm, non trivial. It's the third-from-last patch in: maps4-add-proportional-set-size-accounting-in-smaps.patch maps4-rework-task_size-macros.patch maps4-rework-task_size-macros-mips-fix.patch maps4-move-is_swap_pte.patch maps4-introduce-a-generic-page-walker.patch maps4-use-pagewalker-in-clear_refs-and-smaps.patch maps4-simplify-interdependence-of-maps-and-smaps.patch maps4-move-clear_refs-code-to-task_mmuc.patch maps4-regroup-task_mmu-by-interface.patch maps4-add-proc-pid-pagemap-interface.patch maps4-add-proc-kpagecount-interface.patch maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface.patch maps4-make-page-monitoring-proc-file-optional.patch maps4-make-page-monitoring-proc-file-optional-fix.patch from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.24-rc5/2.6.24-rc5-mm1/broken-out That patch series does apply OK to mainline though. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/