Re: shm bugs revisited (2)

Christoph Rohland (hans-christoph.rohland@sap.com)
29 Jan 2000 14:48:14 +0100


Hi Ingo,

Ingo Molnar <mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu> writes:

> On 27 Jan 2000, Christoph Rohland wrote:
>
> > running 2.3.{40,41-pre2}+smp-41-A1 is see inconsistent data when using
> > shm (2.3.39 seems to be o.K.):
>
> does it happen with smp-2.3.41-A2 (attached)? Reverted the optimization of
> reading the pagetable address from current->. (like Manfred suggested too)

Further data point about the shm swapping: If I restrict the page
cache to GFP_USER I do not see the shm swapping oopses any more.

BTW it feels also much more responsive.

Greetings
Christoph

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