Messages in this thread | | | From | Steven Cole <> | Subject | Re: 1352 NUL bytes at the end of a page? (was Re: Assertion `s && s->tree' failed: The saga continues.) | Date | Sun, 16 May 2004 16:11:16 -0600 |
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On Sunday 16 May 2004 03:29 pm, Andrew Morton wrote: > Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com> wrote: > > > > Anyway, although the regression for my particular machine for this > > particular load may be interesting, the good news is that I've seen > > none of the failures which started this whole thread, which are relatively > > easily reproduceable with PREEMPT set. > > So... would it be correct to say that with CONFIG_PREEMPT, ppp or its > underlying driver stack > > a) screws up the connection and hangs and > > b) scribbles on pagecache? > > Because if so, the same will probably happen on SMP. > Perhaps someone has the hardware to test this.
To summarize my experience with the past 24 hours of testing: Without PREEMPT , everything is rock solid.
I may have a window of time later this evening to continue testing, and I (cringes at the thought) may repeat some bk pulls with PREEMPT set.
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