linux-kernel - Re: kernel BUG in __cache_alloc_node at linux-2.6.git/mm/slab.c:3177!

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Date:	Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:30:44 +1000
From:	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel BUG in __cache_alloc_node at linux-2.6.git/mm/slab.c:3177!


Hi,

> Would you please make memory available on the node that you bootstrap 
> the slab allocator on? numa_node_id() must point to a node that has memory 
> available.

So we've gone from something that worked around sub optimal memory
layouts to something that panics. Sounds like a step backwards to me.

Anton
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