Re: 2.6.17-rc5-mm2

[Andrew Morton]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 19:38:36 +0100 (IST)
Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This reliably goes kablam on an x86_64 machine with a tg3 network card 
> which was also happening for 2.6.17-rc5-mm1. A patch bisect found that 
> reversing git-net.patch and git-net-git-klibc-fixup.patch on top of 
> the -mm3 got rid of the problem. Don't ask me why.
> 
> The console log I have of the most common oops is below and the .config 
> used is attached. The oops happens reliably but at varying times and not 
> always the same oops either. Usually sshing into the machine and compiling 
> the kernel is enough. On at least one occasion, sshing to the machine 
> triggered it.

Yeah, sorry.  I _knew_ LLC was buggy but I forgot to mention it in the
release notes and wasted heaps of lots of people's time.  Feel free to
bill me :(

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.17-rc5/2.6.17-rc5-mm2/hot-fixes/git-net-llc-fix.patch

should fix.
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