linux-kernel - Next April 28: boot failure on PowerPC with SLQB

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Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:40:25 +0530
From:	Sachin Sant <sachinp@...ibm.com>
To:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
CC:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Next April 28: boot failure on PowerPC with SLQB

Today's next tree fails to boot on variety of powerpc boxes (Power5, power6)

Memory: 3882624k/4194304k available (8384k kernel code, 311680k 
reserved, 2048k data, 4285k bss, 512k init)
Kernel panic - not syncing: kmem_cache_create(): failed to create slab 
`kmalloc'

Call Trace:
[c000000000a33c30] [c000000000011668] .show_stack+0x6c/0x16c (unreliable)
[c000000000a33ce0] [c000000000563c8c] .panic+0x80/0x1a8
[c000000000a33d70] [c0000000001410d8] .kmem_cache_open+0x4e8/0x51c
[c000000000a33e20] [c0000000007d90b8] .kmem_cache_init+0x264/0x35c
[c000000000a33ee0] [c0000000007b0b68] .start_kernel+0x404/0x51c
[c000000000a33f90] [c0000000000083d8] .start_here_common+0x1c/0x44

Apr 24 Next tree with same config boots fine on these boxes.

SLQB is enabled in the .config.

CONFIG_SLQB_ALLOCATOR=y
CONFIG_SLQB=y

Complete dmesg log and .config attached.

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Sachin Sant
IBM Linux Technology Center
India Systems and Technology Labs
Bangalore, India
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