Re: 2.6.22-rc4-mm1

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Wed Jun 06 2007 - 12:48:21 EST


On (06/06/07 09:35), William Lee Irwin III didst pronounce:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 05:26:49PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > I do not believe this is Nick's problem. I encountered the same issue and
> > the bisect ended up here;
> > # BISECT HERE
> > mm-variable-length-argument-support.patch
> > mm-variable-length-argument-support-fix.patch
> > # BISECT BAD
> > Reverting those two patches boots ok on my standalone x86 laptop.
> > Patch authors cc'd. I have not read the patches yet to see what might
> > be the problem.
>
> I found this a while ago and peterz already has a tentative fix for it at
> http://programming.kicks-ass.net/kernel-patches/max_arg_pages/move_anon_vma.patch
> I'm sure he himself will chime in with more/better code when he returns.
>

This patch also boots successfully on the machine.

--
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab
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