linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #13319] Page allocation failures with b43 and p54usb

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Message-ID: <84144f020906302253n2424d4a5k3aaf124838a041df@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:53:20 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Subject: Re: [Bug #13319] Page allocation failures with b43 and p54usb

Hi David,

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:52 AM, David Rientjes<rientjes@...gle.com> wrote:
> I think the solution to this is really based on good software engineering
> and test practices, though, so hopefully there'll be a consensus on which
> direction to take before any time is spent in implementing and pushing it.

Lets go with the slab_out_of_memory() patch you outlined in a previous
post and implement the slub_debug=p thing Christoph suggested. I think
it's the best compromise at this point. When you guys finally see the
light, we can always change it to a reasonable default. ;)

So can you send a patch, please?

                        Pekka
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