Re: PROBLEM: oops

From: Pawel Golaszewski
Date: Fri Aug 28 2009 - 17:46:50 EST


On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > > # git log --format=oneline v2.6.27.13..v2.6.27.31 kernel/sched*
> > > > 2b46f3769896dc04e1e49144d282e4655677105a wait: prevent exclusive waiter starvation
> > > >
> > > > Nothing changed anywhere near the code that is falling apart..
> > > I have 2 machines with the same hardware and similar software. On
> > > one .13 is stable - I will test it on the second one. Should be too.
> > I've checked it - 2.6.27.13 is stable for me. Conclusion: there is
> > something wrong between 2.6.27.13 and 2.6.27.31 What can I do about
> > that? I'm not kernel-hacker...
> Unless any of the memory debugging options yield a clue the best you can
> do is a bisection I'm afraid.
>
> # git log --format=oneline v2.6.27.13..v2.6.27.31 | wc -l
> 630

Ok, I checked:

2.6.27.15 works fine
2.6.27.17 crashes (log was sent).

What now?

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