On (23/01/14 13:34), Mike Kravetz wrote: > I did the following: > > - Start with clean v6.2-rc3 > Perform echo, did not see issue > > - Applied your 5 patches (includes the zsmalloc: turn chain size config option > into UL constant patch). Took default value for ZSMALLOC_CHAIN_SIZE of 8. > Performed echo, recreated issue. > > - Changed ZSMALLOC_CHAIN_SIZE to 1. > Perform echo, did not see issue The patch set basically just adjusts $NUM in calculate_zspage_chain_size(): for (i = 1; i <= $NUM; i++) It changes default 4 to 8. Can't really see how this can cause problems.