Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:17:02 -0700 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.17-mm2 |
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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.
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