Re: Bad page state at free_hot_cold_page

2008-07-01 Thread Johannes Weiner
Hi, BJörn Lindqvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I have a 2.6.5-7 kernel and I sporadically get these kernel messages: kernel: Bad page state at free_hot_cold_page (in process 'beam', page c1a95320) kernel: flags:0x40020118 mapping:f401adc0 mapped:0 count:0 private:0x

[PATCH] fix mmap uninitialized warnings

2008-07-01 Thread Jaswinder Singh
Hello all, I am surprise why no body is solving these mmap warnings :- mm/mmap.c: In function ‘insert_vm_struct’: mm/mmap.c:2085: warning: ‘rb_parent’ may be used uninitialized in this function mm/mmap.c:2085: warning: ‘rb_link’ may be used uninitialized in this function mm/mmap.c:2084:

Re: [PATCH] fix mmap uninitialized warnings

2008-07-01 Thread Johannes Weiner
Hi, Jaswinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello all, I am surprise why no body is solving these mmap warnings: [...] here is the patch to solve above warnings. You are, unfortunately, a bit late: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/30/291 Hannes -- To unsubscribe from this list:

Re: [PATCH] fix mmap uninitialized warnings

2008-07-01 Thread Mulyadi Santosa
Hi :) Late is fine IMHO, we can still gain knowledge :D regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with unsubscribe kernelnewbies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ

Re: Time loss after calling netif_rx() in a kernel thread

2008-07-01 Thread Mulyadi Santosa
Hi... On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Lukas Razik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I have these questions: 1. Why does the yield() call in my kernel thread not force the proceeding of the softirqs? AFAIK , jiffies is updated as a part of bottom halves too (softirqd IIRC). Thus, further suspicion

Re: IDT/Exception handling understanding - kernel vs userspace control path

2008-07-01 Thread Peter Teoh
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Mulyadi Santosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Peter Teoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looked the last few lines of this: http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/7/10/74 I am trying to trying to understand the control path of IDT in userspace

Re: IDT/Exception handling understanding - kernel vs userspace control path

2008-07-01 Thread Peter Teoh
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:45 AM, Peter Teoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Mulyadi Santosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Peter Teoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looked the last few lines of this: http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/7/10/74 I

Re: Time loss after calling netif_rx() in a kernel thread

2008-07-01 Thread Lukas Razik
Hello Mulyadi! Mulyadi Santosa wrote: So, I have these questions: 1. Why does the yield() call in my kernel thread not force the proceeding of the softirqs? AFAIK , jiffies is updated as a part of bottom halves too (softirqd IIRC). Thus, further suspicion should be directed to what's your

Kernel build problem

2008-07-01 Thread Shyamal Shukla
Hi All, I am trying to compile Linux kernel version 2.4.35. However, the computer hangs abruptly after some amount of code has been compiled. The same happens when i try hands on Linux 2.6.17. There is no fixed file at which the build process hangs and there is no option left but a hard