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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:53:50 +0100 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> To: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu> Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>, Rogério Brito <rbrito@....usp.br> Subject: Re: [Bug #14620] WARNING: at mm/page_alloc.c:1805 __alloc_pages_nodemask On Tuesday 17 November 2009, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:37:47PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > > of recent regressions. > > > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > > from 2.6.31. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know > > (either way). > > > > > > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14620 > > Subject : WARNING: at mm/page_alloc.c:1805 __alloc_pages_nodemask > > Submitter : Rogério Brito <rbrito@....usp.br> > > Date : 2009-11-06 23:10 (11 days old) > > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125754907413892&w=4 > > This isn't technically a regression, since the warning is simply > complaining about something that apparently ext4 has been doing for a > long time, which is that it allocates some very large order data > buffers. So the change referenced simply printed a warning message > that complained about the fact. > > The actual problem will be fixed in 2.6.32, as we no longer allocate > the big data buffers at mount time. Thanks, I'm going to close the bug. Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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