Re: 1352 NUL bytes at the end of a page? (was Re: Assertion `s &&s->tree' failed: The saga continues.)

[Andrew Morton]

Steven Cole <elenstev@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
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