linux-kernel - Re: next-20130204 - bisected slab problem to "slab: Common constants for kmalloc boundaries"

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Message-ID: <51113C8A.2060908@imgtec.com>
Date:	Tue, 5 Feb 2013 17:08:26 +0000
From:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
CC:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	linux-next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: next-20130204 - bisected slab problem to "slab: Common constants
 for kmalloc boundaries"

On 05/02/13 16:36, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> OK I was able to reproduce it by setting ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN in slab.h. This
> patch fixes it here:
> 
> 
> Subject: slab: Handle ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN correctly
> 
> A fixed KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW does not work for arches with higher alignment
> requirements.
> 
> Determine KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW from ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>

Thanks, your patch fixes it for me.

Cheers
James

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