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From: Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@krystal.dyndns.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>,
	David Wilder <dwilder@us.ibm.com>,
	hch@lst.de, Martin Bligh <mbligh@google.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 Golden] Unified trace buffer
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:03:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080930000307.GA2929@Krystal> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0809292000160.8145@gandalf.stny.rr.com>

* Steven Rostedt (rostedt@goodmis.org) wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> 
> > * Steven Rostedt (rostedt@goodmis.org) wrote:
> > 
> > You should have a look at mm/slob.c free_slob_page(). I think your page
> > free will generate a "bad_page" call due to mapping != NULL and mapcount
> > != 0. I just ran into this in my own code. :)
> 
> 
> Hi Mathieu!
> 
> Thanks! I must have been lucky some how not to trigger this :-/
> 

My guess is that you never free your buffers in your test cases. I don't
know if it was expected; probably not if your code is built into the
kernel.

Mathieu

> I'll add an update patch for this.
> 
> -- Steve
> 

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F  BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68

  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-30  0:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 102+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-25 18:51 [RFC PATCH 0/2 v3] Unified trace buffer Steven Rostedt
2008-09-25 18:51 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2 " Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26  1:02   ` [RFC PATCH v4] " Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26  1:52     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2008-09-26  2:11       ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26  2:47         ` Masami Hiramatsu
2008-09-26  3:20         ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-09-26  7:18           ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-09-26 10:45             ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 11:00               ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-09-26 16:57                 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2008-09-26 17:14                   ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 10:47             ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 16:04             ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-09-26 17:11       ` [PATCH v5] " Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 17:31         ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2008-09-26 17:37           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-26 17:46             ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-27 17:02               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-09-27 17:18                 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 18:05         ` [PATCH v6] " Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 18:30           ` Richard Holden
2008-09-26 18:39             ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 18:59           ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-09-26 19:46             ` Martin Bligh
2008-09-26 19:52               ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 21:37               ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 19:14           ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-09-26 22:28             ` Mike Travis
2008-09-26 23:56               ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-27  0:05                 ` Mike Travis
2008-09-27  0:18                   ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-27  0:46                     ` Mike Travis
2008-09-27  0:52                       ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 19:17           ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-09-26 23:16             ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-09-26 20:08           ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-09-26 21:14             ` Masami Hiramatsu
2008-09-26 21:26               ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 21:13           ` [PATCH v7] " Steven Rostedt
2008-09-27  2:02             ` [PATCH v8] " Steven Rostedt
2008-09-27  6:06               ` [PATCH v9] " Steven Rostedt
2008-09-27 18:39                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-09-27 19:24                   ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-27 19:41                     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-09-27 19:54                       ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-27 20:00                         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-09-29 15:05                           ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-27 20:07                         ` Martin Bligh
2008-09-27 20:34                           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-09-29 16:10                 ` [PATCH v10 Golden] " Steven Rostedt
2008-09-29 16:11                   ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-29 23:35                   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-09-30  0:01                     ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-30  0:03                       ` Mathieu Desnoyers [this message]
2008-09-30  0:12                         ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-30  3:46                           ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-09-30  4:00                             ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-30 15:20                               ` Jonathan Corbet
2008-09-30 15:54                                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-09-30 16:38                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-30 16:48                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-30 17:00                                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-09-30 17:41                                         ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-30 17:49                                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-09-30 17:56                                             ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-30 18:02                                               ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-30 17:01                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-10-01 15:14                                         ` [PATCH] ring_buffer: allocate buffer page pointer Steven Rostedt
2008-10-01 17:36                                           ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-10-01 17:49                                             ` Steven Rostedt
2008-10-01 18:21                                           ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-10-02  8:50                                           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-02  8:51                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-02  9:05                                               ` [PATCH] ring-buffer: fix build error Ingo Molnar
2008-10-02  9:38                                                 ` [boot crash] " Ingo Molnar
2008-10-02 13:16                                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2008-10-02 13:17                                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2008-10-02 15:50                                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-02 18:27                                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2008-10-02 18:55                                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-02 23:18                                                   ` [PATCH] ring_buffer: map to cpu not page Steven Rostedt
2008-10-02 23:36                                                     ` Steven Rostedt
2008-10-03  4:56                                                     ` [PATCH] x86 Topology cpu_to_node parameter check Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-10-03  5:20                                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2008-10-03 15:56                                                         ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-10-03 16:26                                                           ` Steven Rostedt
2008-10-03 17:21                                                             ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-10-03 17:54                                                               ` Steven Rostedt
2008-10-03 18:53                                                                 ` [PATCH] topology.h define mess fix Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-10-03 20:14                                                                   ` Luck, Tony
2008-10-03 22:47                                                                     ` [PATCH] topology.h define mess fix v2 Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-10-03  7:27                                                     ` [PATCH] ring_buffer: map to cpu not page Ingo Molnar
2008-10-02  9:06                                             ` [PATCH] ring_buffer: allocate buffer page pointer Andrew Morton
2008-10-02  9:41                                               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-10-02 13:06                                               ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-26 22:31           ` [PATCH v6] Unified trace buffer Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2008-09-26 23:58             ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-27  0:13               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-27  0:23                 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-27  0:28                   ` Steven Rostedt
2008-09-25 18:51 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2 v3] ftrace: make work with new ring buffer Steven Rostedt

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