Re: [Bug #11237] corrupt PMD after resume

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Saturday, 27 of September 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report of 
> > recent regressions.
> > 
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions 
> > from 2.6.26.  Please verify if it still should be listed and let me 
> > know (either way).
> > 
> > 
> > Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11237
> > Subject		: corrupt PMD after resume
> > Submitter	: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date		: 2008-08-02 9:51 (57 days old)
> > References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121767073424952&w=4
> > Handled-By	: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 		  Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
> > Patch		: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122001615314700&w=2
> 
> actually, it's now believed that this is a BIOS problem that affects all 
> Linux versions. The aspect of v2.6.27 is that it happens to put kernel 
> pagetables into the area that gets corrupted by the BIOS - and users 
> notice that.
> 
> i.e. it's not a regression - unless i'm missing something.

OK, I dropped it from the list.

Thanks,
Rafael
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