Messages in this thread | | | From | Frans Pop <> | Subject | Re: Page alloc problems with 2.6.32-rc kernels | Date | Wed, 4 Nov 2009 01:14:07 +0100 |
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Adding a few more CCs.
On Monday 02 November 2009, Michael Guntsche wrote: > > I have the server running with all with patches applied and it runs > > without any issues. Since adding patch5 seems to make a difference I > > will revert 1-4 and only apply patch 5 to see if it work too. I will > > report back as soon as I have news. > > Current status of my tests here. With only patch 5 applied (the revert) > I am not able to reproduce the problem. Reading through the ml archives > I noticed that this revert is somewhat controversial since it seems to > fix other bugs. Is it possible that reverting those fixes just hide the > bug I am seeing instead of fixing it?
Thanks Michael. That means we now have two cases where reverting the congestion_wait() changes from .31-rc3 (8aa7e847d8 + 373c0a7ed3) makes a clear and significant difference.
I wonder if more effort could/should be made on this aspect.
Cheers, FJP
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