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Message-Id: <20080618134128.828156bc.nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:41:28 +0900
From: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>
To: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@...com>,
Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] fix kernel BUG at mm/migrate.c:719! in
2.6.26-rc5-mm3
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:54:00 +0900, Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:33:18 +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> > > @@ -715,13 +725,7 @@ unlock:
> > > * restored.
> > > */
> > > list_del(&page->lru);
> > > - if (!page->mapping) {
> > > - VM_BUG_ON(page_count(page) != 1);
> > > - unlock_page(page);
> > > - put_page(page); /* just free the old page */
> > > - goto end_migration;
> > > - } else
> > > - unlock = putback_lru_page(page);
> > > + unlock = putback_lru_page(page);
> > > }
> > >
> > > if (unlock)
> >
> > this part is really necessary?
> > I tryed to remove it, but any problem doesn't happend.
> >
> I made this part first, and added a fix for migration_entry_wait later.
>
> So, I haven't test without this part, and I think it will cause
> VM_BUG_ON() here without this part.
>
> Anyway, I will test it.
>
I got this VM_BUG_ON() as expected only by doing:
# echo $$ >/cgroup/cpuset/02/tasks
So, I beleive that both fixes for migration_entry_wait and
unmap_and_move (and, of course, removal VM_BUG_ON from
putback_lru_page) are needed.
Thanks,
Daisuke Nishimura.
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