Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760575AbXLQO4Y (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:56:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753898AbXLQO4P (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:56:15 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:55178 "EHLO waste.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752909AbXLQO4O (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:56:14 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:55:54 -0600 From: Matt Mackall To: Andrew Morton Cc: David Miller , 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: <20071217145554.GD19691@waste.org> References: <200712161948.42656.m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> <200712162010.11028.m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl> <20071217021149.GC19691@waste.org> <20071216.202611.226170474.davem@davemloft.net> <20071216223917.873e34bf.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071216223917.873e34bf.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1641 Lines: 41 On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 10:39:17PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > 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 Actually, you may only need these two: > maps4-add-proc-kpagecount-interface.patch > maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface.patch -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. -- 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/