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DateFri, 28 Mar 2008 11:38:52 -0700 (PDT)
FromChristoph Lameter <>
SubjectRe: 2.6.25-rc7-git2: Reported regressions from 2.6.24
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> The code in question is __slab_alloc(). It did *not* clear it correctly 
> before its uses (__slab_alloc -> kmalloc_large -> __get_free_pages).

But why could have __GFP_ZERO there be harmful? Its a non highmem 
allocation. No kmap needed.

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