linux-kernel - Re: patch mm-fix-committed_as-underflow-on-large-nr_cpus-environment.patch added to 2.6.29-stable tree

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Date:	Wed, 6 May 2009 18:46:19 +0200
From:	"Stefan Lippers-Hollmann" <s.L-H@....de>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, ebmunson@...ibm.com, mel@....ul.ie,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: patch mm-fix-committed_as-underflow-on-large-nr_cpus-environment.patch added to 2.6.29-stable tree

Hi

On Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2009, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 07:26:51AM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> >> Could you please post oops log?
> >> current mmotm (include this patch) works fine on my x86_64 box. Then,
> >> I have no hint now ;-)
> >
> > Attached is a picture of the oops.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> 
> OK, the reason is 99% mis-applied patch. I've made rebased patch.
> 
> in my environment
> 
> 2.6.29.2 + original patch:  panic
> 2.6.29.2 + rebased patch:  works well
> 
> Could you please try it?

This patch seems to fix the problems, it's working without any issues on 
all systems I could test so far.

Thank you
	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann

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