linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-stable release plans?

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Date:	Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:16:04 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Chris Rankin <rankincj@...oo.com>
To:	Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@...world.com>
Cc:	Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-stable release plans?

--- Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@...world.com> wrote:
> At the moment, you have a problem that nobody recognises.  If you're not
> willing to test if the problem happens repeatably, (you appear to
> have had one failure and immediately reverted to an old kernel), who
> do you think will be able to fix it?

This bug seems to be in the kernel's "memory management", and the last memory-related bug I had
(caused by a bad DIMM on another machine) caused creeping filesystem corruption. However, this
machine is my main desktop, and so I am keen to keep the filesystems intact. So yes, that involves
not running a kernel that has shown itself to be unreliable. 

I was hoping that someone with a deeper knowledge of the differences between 2.6.18 and 2.6.19
would have an idea of what might have triggered this problem, and yes, I was also thinking that
some more people would trip over it and help debug it.

But anyway - can someone please tell me what "Eeek! page_mapcount(page) went negative! (-1)" is
*really* saying/implying? Because I am currently translating this as "I WANT TO EAT YOUR
FILESYSTEMS".

Cheers,
Chris

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