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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Gordon Cormack <gvcormac@uwaterloo.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.test11 bug
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 18:37:44 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0312071835020.10665@home.osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031208022427.GA12859@cormack.uwaterloo.ca>



On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Gordon Cormack wrote:
>
> I have read the FAQ but I'm confused about how to report a 2.6
> kernel bug, or who to report it to.

This is good.

> Here it is in a nutshell.

And we want some more information on what kind of load/machine/config this
is. However, I'm guessing from the report..

> Dec  6 13:16:01 flax20 kernel: Bad page state at free_hot_cold_page

..that this might be running XFS? We've had this report from XFS users
before.

But if it isn't using XFS, holler _loudly_, and please do include more
information about what configuration (both hardware and kernel config) the
machine has.

> As an aside, all versions of the 2.4 kernel are brought to their knees
> in this application ("kswapd problems" hit full force and none of the
> suggested patches worked).  Even with the occasional crash, 2.6.test11 is
> way better.

Hey, I don't like the occasional crash either.

		Linus

  reply	other threads:[~2003-12-08  2:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-08  2:24 2.6.test11 bug Gordon Cormack
2003-12-08  2:37 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2003-12-08  3:46 Rafal Skoczylas
2003-12-08  4:17 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-08  5:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-08  9:02   ` Xavier Bestel
     [not found]   ` <20031208161742.GB9087@secprog.org>
     [not found]     ` <Pine.LNX.4.58.0312080848560.13236@home.osdl.org>
2003-12-08 17:12       ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]         ` <20031209194827.GA22265@secprog.org>
     [not found]           ` <Pine.LNX.4.58.0312091221440.21456@home.osdl.org>
2003-12-09 22:31             ` Rafal Skoczylas
2003-12-09 23:26               ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found] <10kzo-7mZ-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <10m88-2wd-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]   ` <10xdJ-28r-23@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]     ` <10xdJ-28r-25@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]       ` <10xdJ-28r-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-12-08 22:28         ` Rafal Skoczylas

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