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 12:13:49 -0500
From:	Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@...t.ibm.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Cc:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, Mike Kravetz <kravetz@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: kernel BUG in __cache_alloc_node at
	linux-2.6.git/mm/slab.c:3177!

On Fri, 2006-20-10 at 17:00 +0100, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> > Paul Mackerras wrote:
> >> Christoph Lameter writes:

> Ok, I've just gotten a successful boot on this box for the first time in
> like 15 git releases.  I needed the three patches below:
> 
> clameter-fallback_alloc_fix2 -- from earlier in this thread, under the
> message ID below:
>     <Pine.LNX.4.64.0610131515200.28279@...roedinger.engr.sgi.com>
> 
> Reintroduce-NODES_SPAN_OTHER_NODES-for-powerpc -- the patch I just
> submitted, under the message ID below:
>     <8a76dfd735e544016c5f04c98617b87d@...ky>
> 
> ibmveth-fix-index-increment-calculation -- this patch is already in -mm.
> 
> Feel free to take this as an ACK for the patches other than mine.
> 
> Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
> 
> -apw

I've applied these three blobs to the linux-2.6.git tree and verified
that it does fix the problem.        
And a "Thanks!" to Christoph for being responsive.. even when the
problem wasnt introduced by him. :)

Acked-by: Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@...t.ibm.com>




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