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Re: [Xen-devel] vmalloc_sync_all() patch problems?

To: "Christopher S. Aker" <caker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] vmalloc_sync_all() patch problems?
From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:04:49 +0100
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On 28/09/11 17:02, Christopher S. Aker wrote:
> On 9/28/11 10:45 AM, David Vrabel wrote:
>> You're going to have to provide more information on your system and
>> tests I think.
> 
> Nothing crazy.  64 bit Xen, 32 bit dom0, my test suite creates many
> domUs (in this case about 40) each with a root image and swap image.
> Some swap thrash, some spin cpu, some are repeatedly shut down or xm
> destroyed.  No networking.  This particular box has about 32G in it, and
> itself and many other boxes identical to it have no problem with our old
> stack (xen 3.4, 2.6.18 dom0).
> 
> I've restarted the tests to see if I can reproduce, but I'm certain that
> if it happened once, it'll happen again.

Instead of the vmalloc_sync_all() patch you could try this series instead.

http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-09/msg01343.html

David

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