Andrew Morton wrote on Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:25 PM
> > >>
> > >>this has to do with alsa indirectly. snd_pcm_mmap_data_close() accesses some
> > >>vm_area_struct->vm_private_data and apparently there have been some
> > >>optimizations to mmap code to avoid fragmentation of vma's so i think there's
> > >>the problem. However, we'll need the smarter ones here :))
> > >
> > >
> > > Any idea which patches to back out?
> >
> >
> > avoiding-mmap-fragmentation-fix-2.patch
> >
> > seems to do the trick. Ken will likely have a fix-3 shortly ;-)
> >
>
> Yup. This appears to be not-an-alsa-bug. Thanks.
I'm the guilty one here. avoiding-mmap-fragmentation-fix-2.patch has
a major clash using vm_private_data where alsa is also using. I just
posted a patch, please try that out. Thanks.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mm&m=111721191501940&w=2
- Ken
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