Re: [BUG] 2.6.25-rc4 hang/softlockups after freeing hugepages

Lee Schermerhorn
2008-03-06T18:19:25Z

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