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Subject: Re: Regression: ppc powerstation boot hang caused by slab
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From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
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On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 08:51 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> Ah, I notice you use SLAB, that's the second report of hangs with it due to
> the changes. You can try SLUB while I'm looking, might help.

Yes, switching to slub fixes it ... although given that the identified
problem commit is a slab one, that's understandable ...

James