linux/arch/powerpc
Adam Litke c9169f8747 [POWERPC] hugepage BUG fix
On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 08:22 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> kernel BUG in cache_free_debugcheck at mm/slab.c:2748!

Alright, this one is only triggered when slab debugging is enabled.  The
slabs are assumed to be aligned on a HUGEPTE_TABLE_SIZE boundary.  The free
path makes use of this assumption and uses the lowest nibble to pass around
an index into an array of kmem_cache pointers.  With slab debugging turned
on, the slab is still aligned, but the "working" object pointer is not.
This would break the assumption above that a full nibble is available for
the PGF_CACHENUM_MASK.

The following patch reduces PGF_CACHENUM_MASK to cover only the two least
significant bits, which is enough to cover the current number of 4 pgtable
cache types.  Then use this constant to mask out the appropriate part of
the huge pte pointer.

Signed-off-by: Adam Litke <agl@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-08-24 10:07:23 +10:00
..
boot [POWERPC] Fix FEC node in 8540 ADS dts 2006-08-23 15:51:18 +10:00
configs [POWERPC] update {g5,iseries,pseries}_defconfigs 2006-08-17 16:41:10 +10:00
kernel [POWERPC] Fix compile problem without CONFIG_PCI 2006-08-23 17:12:33 +10:00
lib Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
math-emu Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
mm [POWERPC] hugepage BUG fix 2006-08-24 10:07:23 +10:00
oprofile [PATCH] oprofile: Fix unnecessary cleverness 2006-06-26 09:58:17 -07:00
platforms [POWERPC] Update mpc7448hpc2 board irq support using device tree 2006-08-23 15:51:18 +10:00
sysdev [POWERPC] Update mpc7448hpc2 board irq support using device tree 2006-08-23 15:51:18 +10:00
xmon Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
Kconfig [POWERPC] Offer PCI as a CONFIG choice for PPC_86xx. 2006-08-18 10:08:36 +10:00
Kconfig.debug [POWERPC] Add udbg support for RTAS console 2006-06-28 11:59:48 +10:00
Makefile [POWERPC] Remove stale 64bit on 32bit kernel code 2006-06-15 19:31:26 +10:00