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SubjectRe: x86-64 bad pmds in 2.6.11.6 II
* Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de) wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 11:27:12AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> > 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.

Sounds good.

> 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.

If I figure a way to trigger here, I'll report back.

thanks,
-chris
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