From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pre6 BUG oops
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 19:53:37 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9rpks1$bk$1@penguin.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3BE03401.406B8585@mandrakesoft.com> <20011031.094112.125896630.davem@redhat.com> <9rpfbj$vrn$1@penguin.transmeta.com> <3BE04338.8F0AF9D4@mandrakesoft.com>
In article <3BE04338.8F0AF9D4@mandrakesoft.com>,
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> wrote:
>Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> Maybe it's just the page count that is buggered, and we free it too
>> early as a result. Is this the same machine that had interesting
>> trouble before?
>
>yes, a UP alpha running 2.4.14-pre6, that was described in the false oom
>killer report.
Ok, I think it's the same bug, and that we're just freeing the wrong
page somehow.
I wonder if the "VALID_PAGE(page)" macro is reliable on alpha? You seem
to be able to trigger this too easily for it to not being something
specific to the setup..
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-31 19:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-31 17:25 pre6 BUG oops Jeff Garzik
2001-10-31 17:41 ` David S. Miller
2001-10-31 18:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-10-31 18:30 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-10-31 19:53 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2001-10-31 21:48 ` 2.4.13 (and 2.4.5) performance drops under load and does not recover David Lang
2001-10-31 23:22 ` David Lang
2001-11-01 21:37 ` David Lang
2001-11-01 22:12 ` ip tables performace problem was " David Lang
2001-11-03 20:46 ` pre6 BUG oops Richard Henderson
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