linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.22-rc5-yesterdaygit with VM debug: BUG in mm/rmap.c:66: anon_vma

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Message-ID: <20070625211259.GD7059@v2.random>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:12:59 +0200
From:	Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@...e.de>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Cc:	Petr Vandrovec <petr@...are.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc5-yesterdaygit with VM debug: BUG in mm/rmap.c:66: anon_vma_link ?

On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 10:05:09PM +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> size of memory?); but I rather think validate_anon_vma has outlived its
> usefulness, and is better just removed - which gives a magnificent

Probably yes. But the most fundamental issue is that this code
probably was never meant to be enabled through a menuconfig tweak but
only by editing the source.
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