Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:04:20 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8 |
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On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 07:08:08AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> wrote: > > > On 11/17/2007 07:55 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > * Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Great, thanks for tracking this down. > > >> > > >> Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset > > >> a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch > > >> incorrect? Should this patch in the -stable tree be reverted? > > > > > > hm, there are no such problems in .24 and the cpu_clock() and other > > > fixes i did were not picked up. Find the missing fixes below. They > > > should work just fine in .23 as it has the cpu_clock() functionality > > > too. > > > > > > [ NOTE: the most robust thing is to make the .23 version match the .24 > > > version of kernel/softlockup.c, so i included two other harmless > > > changes in this diff as well. ] > > > > > > Ingo > > > > > > -----------> > > > commit a5f2ce3c6024a5bb895647b6bd88ecae5001020a > > > Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > > > Date: Tue Oct 16 23:26:08 2007 -0700 > > > > > > commit 43581a10075492445f65234384210492ff333eba > > > Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > > > Date: Tue Oct 16 23:26:08 2007 -0700 > > > > Those are just cosmetic / cleanup changes. > > > > Don't you need commit a3b13c23f186ecb57204580cc1f2dbe9c284953a ?? > > yes: > > > > [...] the cpu_clock() and other fixes i did were not picked up. > > i just forgot to attach the cpu_clock() changes - they are in a3b13c23.
Ok, I've now added that patch too :)
Hopefully this is all straightened out now, I'll go cut a -rc for the next stable so people can test...
thanks,
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