From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.25-rc4 hang/softlockups after freeing hugepages
From: Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>
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Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:19:13 -0500
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On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 18:45 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com> wrote:
> 
> > Test platform: HP Proliant DL585 server - 4 socket, dual core AMD with 
> > 32GB memory.
> 
> does the patch below change the problem in any way? (it fixes a rare 
> hugetlbfs related memory leak)

I'll try it.  I didn't actually fault in any hugepages in my last test,
so I wouldn't have expected page tables to be involved.  I'll let you
know.

Lee


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