>>>> Haven't been subcribed to any lists recently and someone was
>>>> talking about "the other thread" before but just noticed that
>>>> an-rc6 was cut.
>>>>
>>>> Please note that the shutdown issue remains unfixed in it (I'm
>>>> doing my coalescing changes locally).
>>>>
>>> here's what is pending in tip/x86/pat for v2.6.28:
>>>
>> Only talking about .27 and just making sure again the issue is
>> known.
>>
>> The above mentioned subject for the entry cache one ("fix Xorg
>> startup/shutdown slowdown with PAT") after all mistakingly says it
>> does something for shutdown.
>>
> Can you try the patch here
>
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0809.1/2074.html
>
> That should resolve both reserve and free issues..