linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] list_add corruption in slab.c

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Message-ID: <20080326141632.GA2672@csn.ul.ie>
Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:16:32 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	Daniel Yeisley <dan.yeisley@...sys.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] list_add corruption in slab.c

On (25/03/08 23:13), Pekka Enberg didst pronounce:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> Daniel Yeisley wrote:
> >I actually saw that initkmem_list reference, but didn't change it since
> >my original patch fixed my list corruption.  Anyway, I made the changed
> >and tested it.  The system booted fine.
> 
> Yeah, but the second change is needed; otherwise we forget to fix up 
> some of the bootstrap caches.
> 
> > ???Signed-off-by: Dan Yeisley <dan.yeisley@...sys.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
> 
> Mel, as this change is related to the memoryless node fix that went in 
> 2.6.24, any chance you'd give this patch a spin on your machines so we 
> can get the fix in 2.6.25 and 2.6.24-stable?
> 

Of course. Tested against 2.6.25-rc5 on normal and memoryless machines
running just kernbench. So far, I have seen no problems.

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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