Re: kmem_cache_init failure (was Re: 2.6.21-mm1)

Frederik Deweerdt
2007-05-09T18:06:17Z

On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 02:26:08PM +0200, Frederik Deweerdt wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 11:00:46AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:40:24AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > > >I've bisected it down to the x86_64-mm-cpa-kerneltext.patch and the
> > > >
> > > >+ if (!pte_present(*kpte))
> > > >+ return 0;
> > >
> > > I the most recent version of the patch I sent to Andi this line is gone (again),
> > > as I realized it was wrong on i386 (namely for DEBUG_PAGEALLOC) and its
> > > respective variant was superfluous on x86-64.
> >
> > Yes the version of the patch that went into Linus' tree doesn't have it.
> > Does the problem happen with mainline gitLATEST too?
> Andi,
>
> Latest git is OK with qemu, I'll test it on a real machine tonight.
It boots fine on a real PC too. Thanks!

Frederik