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Date:	Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:15:55 -0700
From:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] x86: Convert cpuinfo_x86 array to a per_cpu array
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Andrew Morton wrote:
...
>> ...  This patch deals with the cpu_data array of
>> cpuinfo_x86 structs.  The model that was used in sparc64
>> architecture was adopted for x86.
>>
> 
> This has mysteriously started to oops on me, only on x86_64.
> 
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/config-x.txt
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/dsc00001.jpg
> 
> which is a bit strange since this patch doesn't touch sched.c.  Maybe
> there's something somewhere else in the -mm lineup which when combined with
> this prevents it from oopsing, dunno.  I'll hold it back for now and will
> see what happens.
> 

I'll take a look at this right away.

Thanks,
Mike

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