linux-kernel - Re: [bug] Re: [PATCH 00/35] cpumask: Replace cpumask

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Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:24:25 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [bug] Re: [PATCH 00/35] cpumask: Replace cpumask_t with struct
	cpumask


* Mike Travis <travis@....com> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > ok, the new cpumask code blew up in -tip testing, with various sorts of 
> > slab corruptions during scheduler init:
> > 
> ...
>
> Curious thing happens here.  I created the tree as you suggested 
> (branch tip/cpus4096-v2) and copied in your .config file.  Running it 
> through "silentoldconfig" (choosing only the defaults), I get the 
> following changes.  This makes me suspect that I'm not testing the 
> same thing as you are...?  Perhaps my git setup was not correct?

no - i have some extras that forces on SMP for example to make it more 
likely to trigger in random tests (it's far more interesting from a QA 
point of view than UP).

so as long as you select SMP you should get the same config. Lemme do a 
.config you can plug in.

	Ingo
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