From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264266AbUESP5W (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2004 11:57:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264262AbUESP5V (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2004 11:57:21 -0400 Received: from lindsey.linux-systeme.com ([62.241.33.80]:2566 "EHLO mx00.linux-systeme.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264274AbUESP4n (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2004 11:56:43 -0400 From: Marc-Christian Petersen Organization: Linux-Systeme GmbH To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:98 -- compiling with distcc Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 17:50:10 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , Carson Gaspar , Marco Fais References: <406D3E8F.20902@abbeynet.it> <20040505183558.GB1350@logos.cnet> <20040519115950.GE12419@logos.cnet> In-Reply-To: <20040519115950.GE12419@logos.cnet> X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.5-wolk3.0 i686 GNU/Linux MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200405191750.10090@WOLK> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 19 May 2004 13:59, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: Hi Marcelo, Carson ... > > > >>[1.] Kernel panic while using distcc > > > >>[2.] I have 5-6 development linux systems that we use without problem > > > >>under a normal development workload. Trying distcc for speeding up > > > >>compilation, we have a fully reproducible kernel panic in a very > > > >> short time (seconds after compilation start). The kernel panic > > > >> happens *only* when the systems are "remotely controlled" (the > > > >> distcc daemon is receiving source files from remote systems, compile > > > >> and send back compiled objects). When compiling with distcc the > > > >> local system doesn't show any kernel panic, while the same system > > > >> used as a "remote compiler system" dies very quickly. > > > >>[3.] Keywords: distcc BUG page_alloc.c > So did Andrea's fix work for you? :) sorry if I did not follow this thread from the beginning, but why is distcc causing a BUG() in page_alloc.c? I use distcc since I don't know when and never had any BUG() in page_alloc with distcc, nor the specific bug at :98. I have 7 machines in my distcc farm, and all are "remote controlled". Could someone please clarify me? Thank you. ciao, Marc