Re: [3.6 regression?] THP + migration/compaction livelock (I think)

From: Marc Duponcheel
Date: Wed Nov 14 2012 - 08:21:43 EST


On 2012 Nov 13, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2012, Marc Duponcheel wrote:
>
> > Hi all, please let me know if there is are patches you want me to try.
> >
> > FWIW time did not stand still and I run 3.6.6 now.
>
> Hmm, interesting since there are no core VM changes between 3.6.2, the
> kernel you ran into problems with, and 3.6.6.

Hi David

I have not tried yet to repro #49361 on 3.6.6, but, as you say, if
there are no core VM changes, I am confident I can do so just by doing

# echo always > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled

I am at your disposal to test further, and, if there are patches, to
try them out.

Note that I only once experienced a crash for which I could not find
relevant info in logs. But the hanging processes issue could always be
reproduced consistently.

have a nice day

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