Re: 2.6.1-mm1: drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c link error

From: Gene Heskett
Date: Mon Jan 12 2004 - 07:39:09 EST

On Monday 12 January 2004 02:05, Andrew Morton wrote:
>Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Or maybe not, what do I do when "vmstat 1" prints its column
>> headers and segfaults?:
>
>You probably need a new vmstat. There were quite a few buggy ones
> around. Make sure you have a current procps.

Ripped out 2.0.7 and put in 3.15.something.
rebooted to 2.6.1-rc1-mm2, started x, open a shell and ran vmstat 1
switched to #6, that one really big backdrop window, 8 or 9
seconds to show the backdrop. Switched back to window 1, instant,
then back to 6, instant. Back to 1 & kill vmstat.
Here is the vmstat 1 output for that time period.
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
1 0 0 292944 11480 96676 0 0 715 134 1084 2191 59 10 21 10
1 0 0 293264 11480 96676 0 0 0 0 1273 4856 96 4 0 0
1 0 0 292400 11488 96676 0 0 0 376 1303 4726 96 4 0 0
1 0 0 292400 11496 96676 0 0 0 36 1311 3546 98 2 0 0
1 0 0 292400 11496 96676 0 0 0 0 1071 2414 99 1 0 0
2 1 0 280352 11528 97252 0 0 600 24 1077 2770 97 3 0 0
3 0 0 242400 11528 98404 0 0 1152 0 1076 2477 97 3 0 0
2 0 0 204384 11536 99556 0 0 1152 12 1059 2466 95 5 0 0
2 0 0 166304 11544 100708 0 0 1152 16 1063 2332 94 6 0 0
2 0 0 130400 11552 101700 0 0 1000 0 1060 2335 96 4 0 0
2 0 0 118256 11552 101700 0 0 0 0 1064 2416 98 2 0 0
2 0 0 116400 11560 101700 0 0 0 12 1052 2363 99 1 0 0
2 0 0 113520 11568 101700 0 0 0 12 1050 2371 100 0 0 0
1 0 0 286936 11576 101700 0 0 0 16 1050 13575 83 17 0 0
1 0 0 287448 11576 101700 0 0 0 0 1128 2649 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 286936 11576 101700 0 0 0 0 1083 2470 98 2 0 0
1 0 0 286872 11576 101728 0 0 28 0 1062 2793 98 2 0 0
1 0 0 287320 11584 101728 0 0 0 16 1052 2306 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 287712 11592 101728 0 0 0 16 1122 2524 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 286816 11592 101728 0 0 0 0 1096 2526 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 286816 11592 101728 0 0 0 0 1056 3281 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 287648 11592 101728 0 0 0 0 1050 2335 100 0 0 0
2 0 0 286816 11600 101728 0 0 0 136 1080 2295 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 287264 11608 101728 0 0 0 16 1057 2315 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 287584 11608 101728 0 0 0 0 1063 3037 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 286752 11608 101728 0 0 0 0 1164 2709 95 5 0 0
1 0 0 287200 11608 101728 0 0 0 0 1061 2785 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 286688 11616 101728 0 0 0 112 1362 2862 90 10 0 0
1 0 0 287520 11624 101728 0 0 0 16 1227 2612 94 6 0 0

So it looks as if this fix was there before I noticed it. Now I'll try another
even older boot.
Here is for 2.6.0-test10, the oldest currently in my grub.conf
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
1 0 0 291648 11640 97344 0 0 866 158 1098 2424 54 12 23 12
1 0 0 291648 11648 97344 0 0 0 36 1204 2788 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 291648 11656 97344 0 0 0 12 1060 2697 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 291584 11656 97344 0 0 0 0 1050 2379 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 292416 11656 97344 0 0 0 0 1049 2365 99 1 0 0
2 0 0 291584 11664 97344 0 0 0 304 1199 3357 98 2 0 0
1 0 0 291520 11672 97344 0 0 0 16 1136 3077 99 1 0 0
3 0 0 284704 11712 97864 0 0 544 36 1101 2856 95 5 0 0
2 0 0 245216 11712 99016 0 0 1152 0 1076 2375 95 5 0 0
2 0 0 207584 11712 100296 0 0 1280 0 1060 3062 96 4 0 0
2 0 0 169184 11712 101448 0 0 1152 788 1201 2370 96 4 0 0
2 0 0 132384 11736 102368 0 0 928 220 1065 2423 96 4 0 0
2 0 0 118080 11736 102368 0 0 0 0 1048 2411 97 3 0 0
2 0 0 115200 11736 102368 0 0 0 0 1051 2399 99 1 0 0
2 0 0 112384 11736 102368 0 0 0 0 1050 2425 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 286952 11740 102368 0 0 0 4 1050 13626 83 17 0 0
1 0 0 286120 11740 102368 0 0 0 0 1052 2362 100 0 0 0
1 0 0 286952 11748 102368 0 0 0 16 1131 2608 95 5 0 0
1 0 0 286120 11748 102368 0 0 0 0 1051 2362 100 0 0 0
1 0 0 286120 11748 102368 0 0 0 0 1050 2346 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 286000 11756 102396 0 0 28 12 1064 2824 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 286000 11756 102396 0 0 0 0 1200 2728 96 4 0 0
1 0 0 286000 11764 102396 0 0 0 16 1056 2704 99 1 0 0
2 0 0 286000 11764 102396 0 0 0 0 1052 2358 100 0 0 0
1 0 0 286768 11772 102396 0 0 0 16 1058 2567 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 285936 11772 102396 0 0 0 0 1061 2422 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 285936 11772 102396 0 0 0 0 1176 2697 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 286768 11780 102396 0 0 0 16 1050 3050 98 2 0 0
1 0 0 285872 11780 102396 0 0 0 0 1051 2382 100 0 0 0
1 0 0 286704 11780 102396 0 0 0 0 1064 2830 98 2 0 0
1 0 0 285872 11788 102396 0 0 0 12 1174 2708 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 286640 11788 102396 0 0 0 0 1053 2590 99 1 0 0
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
2 0 0 286640 11796 102396 0 0 0 16 1098 2513 98 2 0 0
1 0 0 285744 11796 102396 0 0 0 0 1112 2876 98 2 0 0
1 0 0 286576 11796 102396 0 0 0 0 1227 2881 97 3 0 0
1 0 0 286576 11796 102396 0 0 0 0 1054 2434 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 285760 11804 102396 0 0 0 12 1086 2463 99 1 0 0

So it appears that whatever was done, was done even that early. Anyway, back to
2.6.1-mm2 for the last one. But I have to build it first, brb :)
Done, and booted to 2.6.1-mm2. "vmstat 1" now shows:
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
1 0 0 293120 11696 97416 0 0 869 160 1099 2513 53 12 24 11
1 0 0 293136 11696 97416 0 0 0 0 1358 5053 96 4 0 0
1 0 0 293136 11696 97416 0 0 0 0 1135 2651 99 1 0 0
3 0 0 270656 11720 98248 0 0 856 0 1083 2726 97 3 0 0
2 1 0 231872 11728 99528 0 0 1280 36 1093 2775 95 5 0 0
2 0 0 193552 11744 100680 0 0 1152 304 1128 2450 96 4 0 0
2 0 0 154832 11752 101832 0 0 1160 0 1068 2406 96 4 0 0
2 0 0 125328 11752 102440 0 0 608 0 1054 2374 95 5 0 0
2 0 0 118224 11752 102440 0 0 0 0 1048 2357 99 1 0 0
2 0 0 115360 11760 102440 0 0 0 16 1098 2414 99 1 0 0
2 0 0 133920 11764 102440 0 0 0 876 1178 3047 98 2 0 0
1 0 0 287752 11772 102440 0 0 0 12 1096 13784 85 15 0 0
1 0 0 287752 11772 102440 0 0 0 0 1132 2601 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 287688 11772 102468 0 0 28 0 1145 2995 99 1 0 0
3 0 0 287624 11780 102468 0 0 0 16 1121 2636 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 287624 11788 102468 0 0 0 16 1169 2640 98 2 0 0
1 0 0 287624 11788 102468 0 0 0 0 1109 2982 99 1 0 0
1 0 0 287632 11788 102468 0 0 0 0 1215 2797 100 0 0 0
----
for 5 window switches. 1-6-1-6-1. And that covers the range of whats still
available here on this system. I hope all this noise is usefull data, but I
suspect it just demos that the old man wasn't paying sufficient attention.
My apologies for the noise. During the build, I noticed that the advansis
check_region patch was still good. Its working here just fine and probably
should be pushed.

--
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap,
ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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