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From: David Ahern <david.ahern@oracle.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 4.0.0-rc4: panic in free_block
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:54:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <550C7AE1.1000808@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150320.154700.1250039074828760104.davem@davemloft.net>

On 3/20/15 1:47 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Ahern <david.ahern@oracle.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:05:05 -0600
>
>> DaveM: do you mind if I submit a patch to change the default for sparc
>> to SLUB?
>
> I think we're jumping the gun about all of this, and doing anything
> with default Kconfig settings would be entirely premature until we
> know what the real bug is.

The suggestion to change to SLUB as the default was based on Linus' 
comment "SLAB is probably also almost unheard of in high-CPU
configurations, since slub has all the magical unlocked lists etc for
scalability."

>
> On my T4-2 I've used nothing but SLAB and haven't hit any of these
> problems.  I can't even remember the last time I turned SLUB on,
> and it's just because I'm lazy.
>

Interesting. With -j <64 and talking softly it completes. But -j 128 and 
higher always ends in a panic.



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From: David Ahern <david.ahern@oracle.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 4.0.0-rc4: panic in free_block
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:54:09 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <550C7AE1.1000808@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150320.154700.1250039074828760104.davem@davemloft.net>

On 3/20/15 1:47 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Ahern <david.ahern@oracle.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:05:05 -0600
>
>> DaveM: do you mind if I submit a patch to change the default for sparc
>> to SLUB?
>
> I think we're jumping the gun about all of this, and doing anything
> with default Kconfig settings would be entirely premature until we
> know what the real bug is.

The suggestion to change to SLUB as the default was based on Linus' 
comment "SLAB is probably also almost unheard of in high-CPU
configurations, since slub has all the magical unlocked lists etc for
scalability."

>
> On my T4-2 I've used nothing but SLAB and haven't hit any of these
> problems.  I can't even remember the last time I turned SLUB on,
> and it's just because I'm lazy.
>

Interesting. With -j <64 and talking softly it completes. But -j 128 and 
higher always ends in a panic.


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From: David Ahern <david.ahern@oracle.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 4.0.0-rc4: panic in free_block
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:54:09 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <550C7AE1.1000808@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150320.154700.1250039074828760104.davem@davemloft.net>

On 3/20/15 1:47 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Ahern <david.ahern@oracle.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:05:05 -0600
>
>> DaveM: do you mind if I submit a patch to change the default for sparc
>> to SLUB?
>
> I think we're jumping the gun about all of this, and doing anything
> with default Kconfig settings would be entirely premature until we
> know what the real bug is.

The suggestion to change to SLUB as the default was based on Linus' 
comment "SLAB is probably also almost unheard of in high-CPU
configurations, since slub has all the magical unlocked lists etc for
scalability."

>
> On my T4-2 I've used nothing but SLAB and haven't hit any of these
> problems.  I can't even remember the last time I turned SLUB on,
> and it's just because I'm lazy.
>

Interesting. With -j <64 and talking softly it completes. But -j 128 and 
higher always ends in a panic.



  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-20 19:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 130+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-20 15:07 4.0.0-rc4: panic in free_block David Ahern
2015-03-20 15:07 ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 16:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-20 16:48   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-20 16:48   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-20 16:53   ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 16:53     ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 16:53     ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 16:58     ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-20 16:58       ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-20 16:58       ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-20 18:05       ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 18:05         ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 18:05         ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 18:53         ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-20 18:53           ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-20 18:53           ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-20 19:04           ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 19:04             ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 19:04             ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 19:47         ` David Miller
2015-03-20 19:47           ` David Miller
2015-03-20 19:47           ` David Miller
2015-03-20 19:54           ` David Ahern [this message]
2015-03-20 19:54             ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 19:54             ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 20:19             ` David Miller
2015-03-20 20:19               ` David Miller
2015-03-20 20:19               ` David Miller
2015-03-20 19:42       ` David Miller
2015-03-20 19:42         ` David Miller
2015-03-20 19:42         ` David Miller
2015-03-20 20:01       ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-20 20:01         ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-20 20:01         ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-20 21:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-20 21:17   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-20 22:49   ` David Ahern
2015-03-20 22:49     ` David Ahern
2015-03-21  0:18     ` David Ahern
2015-03-21  0:18       ` David Ahern
2015-03-21  0:34       ` David Rientjes
2015-03-21  0:34         ` David Rientjes
2015-03-21  0:39         ` David Ahern
2015-03-21  0:39           ` David Ahern
2015-03-21  0:47       ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-21  0:47         ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-21 17:45         ` David Ahern
2015-03-21 17:45           ` David Ahern
2015-03-21 18:49           ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-21 18:49             ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-21 18:49             ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-22 17:36             ` David Miller
2015-03-22 17:36               ` David Miller
2015-03-22 17:36               ` David Miller
2015-03-22 19:25               ` Bob Picco
2015-03-22 19:25                 ` Bob Picco
2015-03-22 19:25                 ` Bob Picco
2015-03-22 19:47               ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-22 19:47                 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-22 19:47                 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-22 22:23                 ` David Miller
2015-03-22 22:23                   ` David Miller
2015-03-22 22:23                   ` David Miller
2015-03-22 23:35                   ` David Ahern
2015-03-22 23:35                     ` David Ahern
2015-03-22 23:35                     ` David Ahern
2015-03-22 23:54                     ` David Miller
2015-03-22 23:54                       ` David Miller
2015-03-22 23:54                       ` David Miller
2015-03-23  0:03                       ` David Ahern
2015-03-23  0:03                         ` David Ahern
2015-03-23  0:03                         ` David Ahern
2015-03-23  2:00                         ` David Miller
2015-03-23  2:00                           ` David Miller
2015-03-23  2:00                           ` David Miller
2015-03-23  2:19                           ` David Miller
2015-03-23  2:19                             ` David Miller
2015-03-23  2:19                             ` David Miller
2015-03-23 16:25                             ` David Miller
2015-03-23 16:25                               ` David Miller
2015-03-23 16:25                               ` David Miller
2015-03-23 16:51                               ` John Stoffel
2015-03-23 16:51                                 ` John Stoffel
2015-03-23 16:51                                 ` John Stoffel
2015-03-23 19:16                                 ` David Miller
2015-03-23 19:16                                   ` David Miller
2015-03-23 19:16                                   ` David Miller
2015-03-23 19:56                                   ` John Stoffel
2015-03-23 19:56                                     ` John Stoffel
2015-03-23 19:56                                     ` John Stoffel
2015-03-23 20:08                                     ` David Miller
2015-03-23 20:08                                       ` David Miller
2015-03-23 20:08                                       ` David Miller
2015-03-23 17:00                               ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-23 17:00                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-23 17:00                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-23 19:08                                 ` David Miller
2015-03-23 19:08                                   ` David Miller
2015-03-23 19:08                                   ` David Miller
2015-03-23 19:47                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-23 19:47                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-23 19:47                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-23 19:52                                     ` David Miller
2015-03-23 19:52                                       ` David Miller
2015-03-23 19:52                                       ` David Miller
2015-03-23 17:34                               ` David Ahern
2015-03-23 17:34                                 ` David Ahern
2015-03-23 17:34                                 ` David Ahern
2015-03-23 19:35                                 ` David Miller
2015-03-23 19:35                                   ` David Miller
2015-03-23 19:35                                   ` David Miller
2015-03-23 19:58                                   ` David Ahern
2015-03-23 19:58                                     ` David Ahern
2015-03-23 19:58                                     ` David Ahern
2015-03-24  1:01                                   ` David Ahern
2015-03-24  1:01                                     ` David Ahern
2015-03-24  1:01                                     ` David Ahern
2015-03-24 14:57                               ` Bob Picco
2015-03-24 14:57                                 ` Bob Picco
2015-03-24 14:57                                 ` Bob Picco
2015-03-24 16:05                                 ` David Miller
2015-03-24 16:05                                   ` David Miller
2015-03-24 16:05                                   ` David Miller
2015-03-22 23:49                   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-22 23:49                     ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-22 23:49                     ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-22 23:57                     ` David Miller
2015-03-22 23:57                       ` David Miller
2015-03-22 23:57                       ` David Miller

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