linux-kernel - Re: 4.0.0-rc4: panic in free

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Date:	Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:01:16 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Ahern <david.ahern@...cle.com>
CC:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 4.0.0-rc4: panic in free_block

On 03/20/2015 09:58 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 128 cpu's is still "unusual", of course, but by no means unheard of,
> and I'f have expected others to report it too if it was wasy to
> trigger on x86-64.

FWIW, I configured a kernel with SLAB and kicked off a bunch of compiles
on a 160-thread x86_64 system.  It definitely doesn't die _quickly_.
It's been running for an hour or two.
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