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 | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2011-05-12 16:19:44.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-05-12 16:19:56.000000000 -0500 @@ -1035,6 +1035,10 @@ bad: static noinline int free_debug_processing(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, void *object, unsigned long addr) { + unsigned long flags; + int rc = 0; + + local_irq_save(flags); slab_lock(page); if (!check_slab(s, page)) @@ -1051,7 +1055,7 @@ static noinline int free_debug_processin } if (!check_object(s, page, object, SLUB_RED_ACTIVE)) - return 0; + goto out; if (unlikely(s != page->slab)) { if (!PageSlab(page)) { @@ -1072,13 +1076,15 @@ 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); + rc = 1; +out: slab_unlock(page); - return 1; + local_irq_restore(flags); + return rc; fail: slab_fix(s, "Object at 0x%p not freed", object); - slab_unlock(page); - return 0; + goto out; } static int __init setup_slub_debug(char *str) -- 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>