Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:24:08 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: x86-64 bad pmds in 2.6.11.6 II |
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On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 11:27:12AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote: > * Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de) wrote: > > > I will take a closer look at the rc1/rc2 patches later this evening > > > and see if I can spot something. Can only report back tomorrow though. > > > > Actually itt started in .11 already - sigh - on rereading the thread. > > That will make the code audit harder :/ > > Yes, I've seen it in .11 and earlier kernels. Happen to have same > "x86_64" string on my bad pmd dumps, but can't reproduce it at all. > So, for now, I can hold off on adding the reload cr3 patch to -stable > unless you think it should be there anyway.
It is a bug fix (actually there is another related patch that fixes a similar bug), but we lived with the problems for years so I guess they can wait for .12.
If there was a fix for the bad pmd problem it might be a candidate for stable, but so far we dont know what causes it yet.
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