Re: [Bug #13319] Page allocation failures with b43 and p54usb

Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-08-26T20:53:47Z

On Wednesday 26 August 2009, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Rafael,
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki<rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > of regressions introduced between 2.6.29 and 2.6.30.
> >
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > introduced between 2.6.29 and 2.6.30. Please verify if it still should
> > be listed and let me know (either way).
> >
> >
> > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13319
> > Subject : Page allocation failures with b43 and p54usb
> > Submitter : Larry Finger <Larry.Finger-tQ5ms3gMjBLk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
> > Date : 2009-04-29 21:01 (119 days old)
> > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124103897101088&w=4
> > http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/7/136
> > http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/26/213
> > Handled-By : Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
> > David Rientjes <rientjes-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> > Patch : http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/37655/
>
> FYI, the fix (a new slub debugging option) is queued for 2.6.32 and we
> don't have plans to backport it to -stable because it depends on SLUB
> out-of-memory diagnostic patches and the problem doesn't affect
> production configs.

Thanks for the info, I've closed the bug as "will fix later".

Rafael