Re: [lkp-robot] [x86/kconfig] 81d3871900: BUG:unable_to_handle_kernel

[Christopher Lameter]

On Wed, 11 Oct 2017, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> I failed to add the slab maintainers to CC on the last attempt.  Trying
> again.


Hmmm... Yea. SLOB is rarely used and tested. Good illustration of a simple
allocator and the K&R mechanism that was used in the early kernels.

> > Adding the slub maintainers.  Is slob still supposed to work?

Have not seen anyone using it in a decade or so.

Does the same config with SLUB and slub_debug on the commandline run
cleanly?

> > I have no idea how that crypto panic could could be related to slob, but
> > at least it goes away when I switch to slub.

Can you run SLUB with full debug? specify slub_debug on the commandline or
set CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON