We will be calling free_debug_processing with interrupts disabled in some case when the later patches are applied. Some of the functions called by free_debug_processing expect interrupts to be off. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2011-03-23 16:25:00.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-03-24 08:50:37.000000000 -0500 @@ -1024,6 +1024,10 @@ bad: static noinline int free_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, void *object, unsigned long addr) { + unsigned long flags; + + local_irq_save(flags); + if (!check_slab(s, page)) goto fail; @@ -1059,10 +1063,12 @@ static noinline int free_debug_processin set_track(s, object, TRACK_FREE, addr); trace(s, page, object, 0); init_object(s, object, SLUB_RED_INACTIVE); + local_irq_restore(flags); return 1; fail: slab_fix(s, "Object at 0x%p not freed", object); + local_irq_restore(flags); return 0; } -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>