<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I hit a similar problem while calling
kzalloc(). it happened on linux-2.6.17-rc1 + ppc64.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">kernel BUG in __cache_alloc_node at
mm/slab.c:2934!</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">which is </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> BUG_ON(slabp->inuse
== cachep->num);</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">3:mon> expr</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">cpu 0x3: Vector: 700 (Program Check)
at [c0000000dac87870]</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> pc: c0000000000b75b0:
.__cache_alloc_node+0x94/0x180</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> lr: c0000000000b756c:
.__cache_alloc_node+0x50/0x180</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> sp: c0000000dac87af0</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> msr: 8000000000021032</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> current = 0xc0000000f1d3a040</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> paca = 0xc000000000439480</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> pid = 9508, comm
= ipoib_comp/3</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
Thanks<br>
Shirley Ma<br>
IBM Linux Technology Center<br>
15300 SW Koll Parkway<br>
Beaverton, OR 97006-6063<br>
Phone(Fax): (503) 578-7638<br>
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