linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.22-rc4-mm1

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:35:38 -0700
From:	William Lee Irwin III <wli@...omorphy.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@...net.ie>
Cc:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	aaw@...gle.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl
Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc4-mm1

On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 05:26:49PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> I do not believe this is Nick's problem. I encountered the same issue and
> the bisect ended up here;
> # BISECT HERE
> mm-variable-length-argument-support.patch
> mm-variable-length-argument-support-fix.patch
> # BISECT BAD
> Reverting those two patches boots ok on my standalone x86 laptop.
> Patch authors cc'd. I have not read the patches yet to see what might
> be the problem.

I found this a while ago and peterz already has a tentative fix for it at
http://programming.kicks-ass.net/kernel-patches/max_arg_pages/move_anon_vma.patch
I'm sure he himself will chime in with more/better code when he returns.


-- wli
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