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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:15:42 -0700
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To: Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>
CC: Krishna Kondaka <krishna@Sanera.net>, linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: kernel BUG at slab.c:1073!
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Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 12:08:34PM -0700, Krishna Kondaka wrote:
> 
> 
>>I don't think I am running preemptible kernel. Is there /proc file that shows
>>if I am running preemptible kernel or not?
> 
> 
> If the kernel you're running is from Broadcom it doesn't contain the
> preemption patches.  Just check your kernel .config file for
> CONFIG_PREEMPT.
> 

Or at the run-time, do "grep preempt /proc/ksyms" to see if you find any symbols.

Jun