Re: Panic on 2.6.0-test1-mm1

["Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>]

> At some point in the past, I wrote:
>>>         pgd_cache = kmem_cache_create("pgd",
>>>                                 PTRS_PER_PGD*sizeof(pgd_t),
>>>                                 0,
>>>                                 SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_MUST_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
>>>                                 pgd_ctor,
>>>                                 PTRS_PER_PMD == 1 ? pgd_dtor : NULL);
> 
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 05:47:55PM -0700, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
>> I think this was just virgin -mm1, I can go back and double check ...
>> Not sure what the stuff about backing out other peoples patches was
>> all about, I just pointed out the crash.
> 
> pgd_dtor() will never be called on PAE due to the above code (thanks to
> the PTRS_PER_PMD check), _unless_ mingo's patch is applied (which backs
> out the PTRS_PER_PMD check).

OK, might have made a mistake ... I can rerun it if you want, but the 
latest kernel seems to work now.

M.