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Martin Bligh wrote:
>>> How the hell did you figure that one out?
>>
>>
>> Found a way to reproduce it - do `cat /proc/slabinfo > /dev/null' in a
>> tight loop.  With that happening, a little two-way wasn't able to make
>> it through `dbench 4' without soiling the upholstery.  Then 
>> bisection-searching.
> 
> 
> Aha. we probably trigger it because the automated test harness dumps a
> bunch of crap out of /proc before and after running dbench then ;-)

OK, your patch does seem to fix it for the automated tests. Not 100%
reliable, since it was a little intermittent before, but it looks
good.

Thanks to both Andrew and Andy.

M.