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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:21:15 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Ben Castricum" <lk0904@bencastricum.nl>
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Subject: Re: 2.6.30-rc1 problems with firmware loading
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On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:20:21 +0200
"Ben Castricum" <lk0904@bencastricum.nl> wrote:

> 
> I seem to have some problems with firmware loading since 2.6.30-rc1. Each 
> request seems to time out and reports like these are appearing:

At first glance it looks like the module loading changes are expanding
vmas that don't have an owner (->mm) and are not set no account. So the
VM accounting code in strict overcommit modes doesn't know who to bill
for the pages.