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
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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
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2003-12-08 17:12 ` Linus Torvalds
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2003-12-09 22:31 ` Rafal Skoczylas
2003-12-09 23:26 ` Linus Torvalds
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2003-12-08 22:28 ` Rafal Skoczylas
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