On 4/11/07, Zhao Forrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We're using RHEL5 with kernel version 2.6.18-8.el5. When doing a stress test on raw device for about 3-4 hours, we found the soft lockup message in dmesg. I know we're not reporting the bug on the latest kernel, but does any expert know if this is the known issue in old kernel? Or why kmem_cache_free occupy CPU for more than 10 seconds?
Sounds like slab corruption. CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB should tell you more. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/