> [there is another x86 change that went in as well recently with
> pre-2.3.11, the 'lazy TLB flush feature' which was planned for quite some
> time already - bug the gdb bug predates the lazy-TLB-flush changes. The
> lazy-TLB feature lets us cut down on the number of TLB flushes rather
> heavily, in a typical x86 Linux box about 80-90% of TLB flushes are now
> gone.]
The two bugs that seem to be caused by this (or at least, are introduced
with 2.3.11-pre4) are the weird things in /proc/{2,3} and the 'bad page
middle entry 23232323'-type messages.
Tim.
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