Re: [GIT PULL rcu/next] rcu commits for 2.6.40

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu May 12 2011 - 02:04:06 EST



* Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> e59fb3120becfb36b22ddb8bd27d065d3cdca499 is the first bad commit
> commit e59fb3120becfb36b22ddb8bd27d065d3cdca499
> Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue Sep 7 10:38:22 2010 -0700
>
> rcu: Decrease memory-barrier usage based on semi-formal proof

Find below an (untested!) attempt at reverting it for debugging purposes: could
you please try it, does your system now boot up fine?

Thanks,

Ingo

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