Need to disable interrupts when taking the node list lock. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2011-09-02 10:12:03.601176577 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-09-02 10:12:25.981176437 -0500 @@ -1609,6 +1609,7 @@ static struct page *get_partial_node(str struct kmem_cache_node *n) { struct page *page; + unsigned long flags; /* * Racy check. If we mistakenly see no partial slabs then we @@ -1619,13 +1620,13 @@ static struct page *get_partial_node(str if (!n || !n->nr_partial) return NULL; - spin_lock(&n->list_lock); + spin_lock_irqsave(&n->list_lock, flags); list_for_each_entry(page, &n->partial, lru) if (acquire_slab(s, n, page)) goto out; page = NULL; out: - spin_unlock(&n->list_lock); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&n->list_lock, flags); return page; } -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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>