> our x86.git randconfig auto-qa found a mm/slab.c early-bootup crash in
> mainline that got introduced since v2.6.24.
>
>
http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/log-Thu_Apr_10_10_41_16_CEST_2008.bad
>
http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/config-Thu_Apr_10_10_41_16_CEST_2008.bad
>
> Note, the very same bzImage does not crash on other testboxes - only on
> this 8-way box with 4GB of RAM.
>
> i tried a "use v2.6.24's slab.c" revert (with a few API fixes needed for
> it to build on .25) but that didnt solve the problem either.