Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756760AbZKQWwb (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:52:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756605AbZKQWw1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:52:27 -0500 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:38756 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756603AbZKQWwZ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:52:25 -0500 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: Theodore Tso Subject: Re: [Bug #14620] WARNING: at mm/page_alloc.c:1805 __alloc_pages_nodemask Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:53:50 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.3 (Linux/2.6.32-rc7-rjw; KDE/4.3.3; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kernel Testers List , =?iso-8859-1?q?Rog=E9rio_Brito?= References: <20091117024318.GC23066@mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20091117024318.GC23066@mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <200911172353.50156.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1415 Lines: 33 On Tuesday 17 November 2009, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:37:47PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > > of recent regressions. > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > > from 2.6.31. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know > > (either way). > > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14620 > > Subject : WARNING: at mm/page_alloc.c:1805 __alloc_pages_nodemask > > Submitter : Rog?rio Brito > > Date : 2009-11-06 23:10 (11 days old) > > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125754907413892&w=4 > > This isn't technically a regression, since the warning is simply > complaining about something that apparently ext4 has been doing for a > long time, which is that it allocates some very large order data > buffers. So the change referenced simply printed a warning message > that complained about the fact. > > The actual problem will be fixed in 2.6.32, as we no longer allocate > the big data buffers at mount time. Thanks, I'm going to close the bug. Rafael -- 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/