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Message-ID: <20120621133111.GA13820@elliptictech.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:31:11 -0400 From: Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com> To: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: BUG: Bad rss-counter state On 2012-06-21 11:50 +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Wed 20-06-12 15:49:08, Nick Bowler wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I just noticed the following couple lines in my kernel log for Linux > > 3.4.2: > > > > Jun 20 14:57:54 emergent kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88000ff1f400 idx:1 val:-2 > > Jun 20 14:57:54 emergent kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88000ff1f400 idx:2 val:2 > > > > I have no idea what these messages mean, nor what I was doing exactly > > at 14:57:54 today, nor whether they've been fixed in newer kernels. > > Regardless, they appear to be telling me that there's a kernel problem > > since they contain the word "BUG", so I figured I had better report them > > nonetheless. Other than the fact that these messages were printed, the > > system is operating normally. > > The issue is known and the fix can be found at > https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/6/9/47 Ah, and it appears to have been merged by Linus yesterday. Thanks, -- Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/) -- 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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