Re: PROBLEM: 2.6.9-rc1->rc3 and futex's hang

[Valdis . Kletnieks]

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:56:49 BST, Alexander Clouter said:

> summary: kernel's 2.6.9-rc1->2.6.9-rc3 lock up my jabber client (on a futex)
> keywords: futex, 2.6.9, hanging (no oops)

> The jabber client (with an strace) shows it hangs on a futex.  I do not have
> a clue if this is related to your OpenOffice issue[1], for you it segfaults
> OO, for me it hangs my Jabber client (tkabber) and I have to kill it. :(

> [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg295867.html

For what it's worth, I was seeing the OpenOffice crash-at-startup as well,
and can report that it does *NOT* happen on 2.6.9-rc3-mm3-VP-T3.

I've perused the changelogs, and remain mystified what fixed it however...

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