linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-mm2 - oops in cache_alloc

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Message-Id: <200609290358.k8T3w1OV008852@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:58:01 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-mm2 - oops in cache_alloc_refill()

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:29:31 PDT, Andrew Morton said:
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:19:11 -0400
> Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:46:23 PDT, Andrew Morton said:
> > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.18/2.6.18-mm2/

> > Something is giving cache_alloc_refill() massive indigestion, I'm taking
> > lots of oopsen in it.  Usually within 5-10 minutes I'm dead in the water.
> 
> Could be anything I'm afraid.  But you're the first to report it, so there's
> something distinct in your .config or hardware.

Like *that* hasn't happened before. :)

> bisecting would be good, thanks.  It might be quicker to strip down the .config
> though.

On the other hand, this really smells like the kind of storage overlay that
changing the config can change what gets overlaid, scaring it into hiding.
The fact the system lives 5-10 minutes means that there's *something* that
happens that makes it manifest - and that could be almost anything.

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