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    SubjectRe: 2.6.18-mm2 - oops in cache_alloc_refill()
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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:
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    > > 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.
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