linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-rc5-mm1: problems with cat /proc/kpageflags

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Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:45:40 -0600
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, m.kozlowski@...land.pl,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc5-mm1: problems with cat /proc/kpageflags

On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 04:53:59AM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:55:54 -0600
> 
> > On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 10:39:17PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Actually, you may only need these two:
> > 
> > > maps4-add-proc-kpagecount-interface.patch
> > > maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface.patch
> 
> Yes these two were enough, and exporting fs/proc/base.c's
> mem_lseek().
> 
> As hard as I try, I can't reproduce this at all.  I tried
> both on my workstation and my niagara boxes.

That's good to know, I was having a very hard time imagining how the
kpagecount code could be going south.
 
> It must be other needle in the 30MB+ -mm haystack. :-(

Have we seen a config for the broken machine? Perhaps that'll help us
make a guess..

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