netdev - Re: 2.6.23-rc1: BUG_ON in kmap_atomic

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:37:19 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc1: BUG_ON in kmap_atomic_prot()

> 
> For example, missing from the call graph is
> 
> 	get_page_from_freelist ->
> 	  buffered_rmqueue ->		[ missing - inlined ]
> 	    prep_new_page ->		[ missing - inlined ]
> 	      prep_zero_page ->		[ missing - inlined ]
> 		clear_highpage ->	[ missing - inlined ]
> 		  kmap_atomic ->	[ missing - tailcall ]
> 		    kmap_atomic_prot
> 
> (and I'm also pretty sure gcc 
> is overly aggressive at inlining, and that it causes us pain for 
> debugging, but whatever)

mm/page_alloc.c:static inline void prep_zero_page(struct page *page, int order, gfp_t gfp_flags)
include/linux/highmem.h:static inline void clear_highpage(struct page *page)

So at least two was explicit marked inline.
Now if that made I change i dunno.

	Sam
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