From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932096AbVLCRaF (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 12:30:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932101AbVLCRaF (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 12:30:05 -0500 Received: from solarneutrino.net ([66.199.224.43]:23045 "EHLO tau.solarneutrino.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932096AbVLCRaD (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Dec 2005 12:30:03 -0500 Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 12:29:46 -0500 To: Hugh Dickins Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kai Makisara , Andrew Morton , James Bottomley , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, ryan@tau.solarneutrino.net Subject: Re: Fw: crash on x86_64 - mm related? Message-ID: <20051203172946.GC7679@tau.solarneutrino.net> References: <20051129092432.0f5742f0.akpm@osdl.org> <20051201195657.GB7236@tau.solarneutrino.net> <20051202180326.GB7634@tau.solarneutrino.net> <20051202194447.GA7679@tau.solarneutrino.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Ryan Richter Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 08:40:56PM +0000, Hugh Dickins wrote: > On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Ryan Richter wrote: > > > > OK, I guess I'll stick with 2.6.14.3 for now, plus your patch. Should I > > keep Kai's st.c patch? There was some mention of other patches, are > > those relevant? Most of that discussion went over my head... > > For the "Bad page state" premature freeing you were seeing, only my > patch should be relevant. There are other patches in the works, yes, > and we have good reasons for them; but don't worry about them for this. OK, I've booted 2.6.14.3+mpt fusion patch+your patch. Memtest86 found nothing overnight, so it's not that easy. Also the backups will run daily for at least the next week or two, so I'll pipe up if anything happens. Thanks, -ryan