Re: 2.6.17-rc5-mm1

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Mon Jun 05 2006 - 16:16:39 EST


On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Martin Bligh wrote:

> > > > Adding 32k swap on swapfile31. Priority:-34 extents:1 across:32k
> > > > Adding 32k swap on swapfile32. Priority:-35 extents:1 across:32k
> > >
> > > That should not work at all. It should bomb out at 30 swap files with page
> > > migration on.
> >
> > The implication here is that there can only be 32 entries in-toto ... it
> > feels like we have at least 33/34 as the machine has swap by default ...
> > more to look at!
>
> Either way, random panics are not the appropriate response ;-)

Seems that the check for too many swapfiles is busted somehow. It should
never go beyond 32 without page migration. Looking into it.

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