David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From: Byron Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:12:46 +0000 (UTC) > > > Anybody got any ideas of how we fix this? > > I don't know how much testing XFS gets on ARM, but one thing that some > ARM chips have is D-cache aliasing problems and one thing XFS uses a > lot is virtual remapping of various data structures via vmap(). > > This might be what is causing the problems.
AFAIK XFS uses vmap() mainly during log replay. If David's theory was true then the failures must be seen during tests that do this. -Andi - 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/
