linux-kernel - Re: kernel BUGs when removing largish files with the SLOB allocator

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Date:	Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:54:08 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Aubrey <aubreylee@...il.com>
Cc:	"Nick Piggin" <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	"David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mpm@...enic.com, davidm@...pgear.com,
	gerg@...pgear.com
Subject: Re: kernel BUGs when removing largish files with the SLOB allocator 

Aubrey <aubreylee@...il.com> wrote:

> OK. Here is the patch and work properly on my side.
> Welcome any suggestions and comments.

It looks reasonable.  Don't forget to sign off the patch.

> void kmem_cache_init(void)
> {
> +#if 0
> 	void *p = slob_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, 0, PAGE_SIZE-1);
> 
> 	if (p)
> 		free_page((unsigned long)p);
> +#endif

Any idea what that's about?

David
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