Re: 2.6.24-rc8-mm1 Kernel oops will running kernbench

From: Balbir Singh
Date: Fri Jan 18 2008 - 05:54:55 EST


* Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2008-01-18 16:14:00]:

> Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > Kamalesh Babulal writes:
> >
> >>>>> NIP: 0000000000004570 LR: 000000000fc42dc0 CTR: 0000000000000000
> >>>>> REGS: c00000077b6bf8c0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (2.6.24-rc8-mm1-autotest)
> >>>>> MSR: 8000000000001000 <ME> CR: 28022422 XER: 00000000
> >>>>> DAR: c00000077b6bfce0, DSISR: 000000000a000000
> >
> > Actually, how much RAM does this machine have? If it has less than
> > 32GB, then the problem is that the kernel stack pointer is bogus.
> > (How it got to be bogus is the interesting question, of course. :)
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> Hi Paul,
>
> The machine has around 30GB of RAM, do you want me to try, by taking
> the git-powerpc.patch out of the series and try reproducing the oops.
>

Kamalesh, I thought I saw Paul's request for trying without
git-powerpc.patch (it's in a separate email).

--
Warm Regards,
Balbir Singh
Linux Technology Center
IBM, ISTL
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