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How the hell did you figure that one out?

Found a way to reproduce it - do `cat /proc/slabinfo > /dev/null' in a
tight loop.  With that happening, a little two-way wasn't able to make
it through `dbench 4' without soiling the upholstery.  Then bisection-searching.

Aha. we probably trigger it because the automated test harness dumps a
bunch of crap out of /proc before and after running dbench then ;-)

Thanks!

M.