linux-kernel - Re: THP bug and crash on sparc64 3.8

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Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:35:52 +0200 (EET)
From:	Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	rientjes@...gle.com, linux-mm@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: THP bug and crash on sparc64 3.8

> Ok I've written an alternative version of the fix that I've been busy
> testing all evening.
> 
> I think it's much better and it's about to be posted as a series of 3
> patches.

Works much better. aptitude worked fine, as did 5 times
cp -a linux test; rm -r linux

However, "git gc" in a copy of the repository hung the machine hard, 
nothing in the logs.

3.8.0 with THP disabled can run both cp;rm and git gc several 
times without a problem.

-- 
Meelis Roos (mroos@...ux.ee)
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