From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752774Ab1GSJQw (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:16:52 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:48752 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752460Ab1GSJQv (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:16:51 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:16:47 +0100 From: Mel Gorman To: Thomas Sattler Cc: Andrew Morton , Andrea Arcangeli , Minchan Kim , Ury Stankevich , Andi Kleen , linux-mm , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Fix compaction stalls due to accounting errors in isolated page accounting Message-ID: <20110719091647.GE5349@suse.de> References: <1307459225-4481-1-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de> <4E22A2BC.2080900@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E22A2BC.2080900@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 10:52:12AM +0200, Thomas Sattler wrote: > Hi there ... > > > Re-verification from testers that these patches really do fix their > > problems would be appreciated. Even if hangs disappear, please confirm > > that the values for nr_isolated_anon and nr_isolated_file in *both* > > /proc/zoneinfo and /proc/vmstat are sensible (i.e. usually zero). > > I applied these patches to 2.6.38.8 and it run for nearly a month > without any problems. Even Though I did not check nr_isolated_*. > As (at least) patch3 made it into 2.6.39.3 I did not apply the > others any more. And it occurred again this morning: > I assume you mean it occured again on 2.6.39.3 and so have submitted them to -stable for 2.6.39.x. You're cc'd so you should hear when or if they get picked up. Thanks for testing. -- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs