Need to disable interrupts when taking the nodelist 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 2011-11-09 11:11:48.831693571 -0600 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-11-09 11:11:53.611721013 -0600 @@ -1532,6 +1532,7 @@ static void *get_partial_node(struct kme { struct page *page, *page2; void *object = NULL; + unsigned long flags; /* * Racy check. If we mistakenly see no partial slabs then we @@ -1542,7 +1543,7 @@ static void *get_partial_node(struct kme if (!n || !n->nr_partial) return NULL; - spin_lock(&n->list_lock); + spin_lock_irqsave(&n->list_lock, flags); list_for_each_entry_safe(page, page2, &n->partial, lru) { void *t = acquire_slab(s, n, page, object == NULL); int available; @@ -1563,7 +1564,7 @@ static void *get_partial_node(struct kme break; } - spin_unlock(&n->list_lock); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&n->list_lock, flags); return object; } -- 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>