Re: NUMA aware slab allocator V2

Niraj kumar
2005-05-12T09:39:48Z

On 5/12/05, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
> Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com> wrote:
> >
> > This patch allows kmalloc_node to be as fast as kmalloc by introducing
> > node specific page lists for partial, free and full slabs.
>
> This patch causes the ppc64 G5 to lock up fairly early in boot. It's
> pretty much a default config:
> http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/config-pmac
>
> No serial port, no debug environment, but no useful-looking error messages
> either. See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/dsc02516.jpg

The image shows that kernel comand line option "quiet" was used .
We can probably get some more info if booted without "quiet" .

Niraj