Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762307AbYBBCU2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:20:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757471AbYBBCUP (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:20:15 -0500 Received: from www.linuxtx.org ([65.99.219.143]:44557 "EHLO mail.linuxtx.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757456AbYBBCUN (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:20:13 -0500 Subject: Re: [patch 22/27] quicklist: Set tlb->need_flush if pages are remaining in quicklist 0 From: "Justin M. Forbes" To: Christoph Lameter Cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Michael Krufky , Chuck Ebbert , Domenico Andreoli , akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com In-Reply-To: References: <20080202001232.472591439@mini.kroah.org> <20080202002103.GW8368@suse.de> <1201915720.3781.18.camel@turion.linuxtx.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:20:10 -0600 Message-Id: <1201918810.3781.21.camel@turion.linuxtx.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.21.5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 892 Lines: 24 On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 17:30 -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Justin M. Forbes wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 16:39 -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > > NO! Wrong fix. Was dropped from mainline. > > > > What is the right fix for the OOM issues with 2.6.22? Perhaps > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=119973653803451&w=2 should be added to > > the queue in its place? The OOM issue in 2.6.22 is real, and should be > > addressed. > > Indeed that is the right fix. Greg, could we get that one added? We are already shipping it as our users have run into the OOM problem with 2.6.22.16 without this patch. Justin -- 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/