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From: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
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Subject: Re: kernel BUG in __cache_alloc_node at linux-2.6.git/mm/slab.c:3177!
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Hi,

> Would you please make memory available on the node that you bootstrap 
> the slab allocator on? numa_node_id() must point to a node that has memory 
> available.

So we've gone from something that worked around sub optimal memory
layouts to something that panics. Sounds like a step backwards to me.

Anton