Re: 2.6.23(.1) Regression? i915 oopses and panics

From: Dave Airlie
Date: Sun Oct 14 2007 - 08:11:34 EST


On 10/14/07, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dave Airlie schrieb:
> >> I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that: As I _thought_ it had worked with
> >> rc6, I already found that commit. I reverted it and got a panic again
> >> (no trace, as I was in X), so this one doesn't seem to cause the problem.
> >>
> >
> > Okay I've spotted a potential bug that might lay hidden, try the
> > attached patch to see if it helps..
>
> I applied the patch, compiled i915.ko, rmmoded the old module, insmoded
> the new one and started X. The issue seems to be gone, googleearth
> starts again without any messages to syslog, so no oops and no panic.
>
> Will you submit this patch to the stable team?

As soon as I get it upstream into Linus's tree I'll forward it on to
the stable guys....

Dave.
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