From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265302AbTLHCh5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Dec 2003 21:37:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265306AbTLHCh5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Dec 2003 21:37:57 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:50568 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265302AbTLHChz (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Dec 2003 21:37:55 -0500 Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 18:37:44 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Gordon Cormack cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.test11 bug In-Reply-To: <20031208022427.GA12859@cormack.uwaterloo.ca> Message-ID: References: <20031208022427.GA12859@cormack.uwaterloo.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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