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    Martin Bligh wrote:
    >>> How the hell did you figure that one out?
    >>
    >>
    >> Found a way to reproduce it - do `cat /proc/slabinfo > /dev/null' in a
    >> tight loop. With that happening, a little two-way wasn't able to make
    >> it through `dbench 4' without soiling the upholstery. Then
    >> bisection-searching.
    >
    >
    > Aha. we probably trigger it because the automated test harness dumps a
    > bunch of crap out of /proc before and after running dbench then ;-)

    OK, your patch does seem to fix it for the automated tests. Not 100%
    reliable, since it was a little intermittent before, but it looks
    good.

    Thanks to both Andrew and Andy.

    M.
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