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Hi David,

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:52 AM, David Rientjes<rientjes@google.com> wrote:
> I think the solution to this is really based on good software engineering
> and test practices, though, so hopefully there'll be a consensus on which
> direction to take before any time is spent in implementing and pushing it.

Lets go with the slab_out_of_memory() patch you outlined in a previous
post and implement the slub_debug=p thing Christoph suggested. I think
it's the best compromise at this point. When you guys finally see the
light, we can always change it to a reasonable default. ;)

So can you send a patch, please?

                        Pekka
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