Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.18-mm2 - oops in cache_alloc_refill() | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:58:01 -0400 |
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:29:31 PDT, Andrew Morton said: > On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:19:11 -0400 > Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > > > On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:46:23 PDT, Andrew Morton said: > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.18/2.6.18-mm2/
> > Something is giving cache_alloc_refill() massive indigestion, I'm taking > > lots of oopsen in it. Usually within 5-10 minutes I'm dead in the water. > > Could be anything I'm afraid. But you're the first to report it, so there's > something distinct in your .config or hardware.
Like *that* hasn't happened before. :)
> bisecting would be good, thanks. It might be quicker to strip down the .config > though.
On the other hand, this really smells like the kind of storage overlay that changing the config can change what gets overlaid, scaring it into hiding. The fact the system lives 5-10 minutes means that there's *something* that happens that makes it manifest - and that could be almost anything. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |