From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763291AbXGJU0t (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:26:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757554AbXGJU0i (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:26:38 -0400 Received: from extu-mxob-1.symantec.com ([216.10.194.28]:52117 "EHLO extu-mxob-1.symantec.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756028AbXGJU0h (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:26:37 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:25:50 +0100 (BST) From: Hugh Dickins X-X-Sender: hugh@blonde.wat.veritas.com To: Bob Tracy cc: Michal Piotrowski , Ivan Kokshaysky , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc6 bad page error In-Reply-To: <20070709185324.387ACDBA1@gherkin.frus.com> Message-ID: References: <20070709185324.387ACDBA1@gherkin.frus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Brightmail-Verdict: VlJEQwAAAAIAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAABWluYm94AGxpbnV4LWFscGhhQHZnZXIua2VybmVsLm9yZwBsaW51eC1rZXJuZWxAdmdlci5rZXJuZWwub3JnAGlua0BqdXJhc3NpYy5wYXJrLm1zdS5ydQBtaWNoYWwuay5rLnBpb3Ryb3dza2lAZ21haWwuY29tAHJjdEBnaGVya2luLmZydXMuY29tAA== X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Bob Tracy wrote: > > > > --- 2.6.22-rc7/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c 2007-06-05 06:19:19.000000000 +0100 > > +++ linux/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c 2007-07-07 15:00:04.000000000 +0100 > > That seems to have done the trick. Normally, I get the "bad page" > errors on the second NX session, but I'm on the third session of the > day (thus far), and everything seems to be ok as far as I can tell. Thanks a lot for the feedback, that tells us we've made the right guesses, and my __GFP_COMP patch should be a good bandaid for you; but for the right patch, let's wait to hear from Ivan. Hugh