linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25-rc3: 34TB vmalloc total -- overflow in /proc/meminfo?

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Message-Id: <200803052312.37996.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:12:35 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc3: 34TB vmalloc total -- overflow in /proc/meminfo?

On Wednesday, 5 of March 2008, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > (If I try to suspend to disk, I get a rather nasty oops; goes away
> > > with mem=3G. Related?)
> > 
> > The nasty oops is in swsusp_save+0x298 . 
> > 
> > rdx=0xffff810000001008 
> > rdi=0xffff81000c001008
> > rdi=0x0000000131613000
> 
> Rafael, this seems to be similar to some problem you were trying to
> solve... something with numa... I could not find it in
> bugzilla.kernel.org... do you remember details by chance?

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9966

[Just have a look at the list of regressions from 2.6.24. ;-)]

In fact, I didn't even try to solve it myself, but asked some knwoledgeable
people (CCed) for advice.  No one responded, unfortunately ...

Thanks,
Rafael
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