From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
To: akepner@sgi.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
akpm@osdl.org, jbarnes@sgi.com
Subject: Re: bug in 2.6.9-rc4-mm1 ia64/mm/init.c
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:04:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16748.57721.66330.638048@napali.hpl.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0410121705510.31839-100000@localhost.localdomain>
>>>>> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:21:41 -0700 (PDT), <akepner@sgi.com> said:
>> Hi Folks;
>> Tried a kernel built with akpm's 2.6.9-rc4-mm1 patch today (using
>> a default sn2 .config file.) It crashes on boot with:
>> .... SGI SAL version 3.40 Virtual mem_map starts at
>> 0xa0007ffe85938000 Unable to handle kernel paging request at
>> virtual address a0007ffeaf970000 swapper[0]: Oops 8813272891392
>> [1] Modules linked in:
>> I traced this down to a recent patch (see
>> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mm&m\x109723728329408&w=2)
>> which contains:
Why was this patch even accepted? It seemed rather dubious to me and
I don't recall much discussion on its merits or safety.
--david
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-13 8:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-13 0:21 bug in 2.6.9-rc4-mm1 ia64/mm/init.c akepner
2004-10-13 1:24 ` Hiroyuki KAMEZAWA
2004-10-13 1:46 ` Hiroyuki KAMEZAWA
2004-10-13 8:04 ` David Mosberger [this message]
2004-10-13 8:44 ` Hiroyuki KAMEZAWA
2004-10-13 8:42 ` David Mosberger
2004-10-13 8:56 ` Hiroyuki KAMEZAWA
2004-10-14 4:49 ` Hiroyuki KAMEZAWA
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