Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:03:14 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: PATCH 2.4.0.4.6: workaround for BUG() in slab.c |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > > The attached patch, against 2.4.0-test4-pre6, simply prints a warning > > and forces atomic allocation, instead of forcing an oops. Other drivers > > and areas of the kernel might be affected by the BUG() call in > > mm/slab.c, too.
> But Jeff, this kills our best chance of ever locating the bug! We need > to get one decent ksymoops trace to nail this. [...] > Why not leave it in and fix the root cause?
The message was specifically -not- sent to Linus, for a reason. :)
At the moment, I prefer booting my laptop to the current oops-on-boot behavior...
Jeff
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