Re: 2.6.8 kmem_cache_alloc barfs

[jmerkey]

regparm=3 in an external modules build creates this problem if you reference internal 
linux includes and makefile commands from an externally built module.  I notice stack 
passing is on where it needs to be in exported symbols **IF** they are defined properly.
There are some holes with this for folks creating external modules that call into a kernel
with objects that are mismatched from the compile.

This was the source of the bug.

Jeff


> On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 06:18:20PM +0000, jmerkey@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > in 2.6.8 with all features and config options (at least those that will build) 
> with 4GB memory option selected, kmem_cache_alloc crashes when called with 
> requests for 64KB chunks of memory which exceed the kernel address space of 1GB 
> in size rather than returning an out of memory error.  
> 
> testcase please.
> 
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