Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 May 2011 14:36:44 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [block IO crash] Re: 2.6.39-rc5-git2 boot crashs |
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote: > > > * Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: > > > > > But I rather suspect, that CONFIG_SLUB=y is the thing we need to look at. The > > > lockless fastpath cmpxchg comes to my mind. > > > > Hm, and CONFIG_X86_ELAN, as Linus noted, has an impact on the cmpxchg > > implementation. > > Walter, could you please test the patch below on a failing kernel?
This patch will likely make the bug go away.
Ingo
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