RE: Regression in 4.7-rc7

From: Zheng, Lv
Date: Tue Jul 12 2016 - 01:39:08 EST


We will revert 3 commits to fix this issue.
And re-enable the reverted feature in the future when it is safe to re-enable it.
See this bug for reference:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121701

Thanks and best regards
-Lv

> From: Jens Axboe [mailto:axboe@xxxxxxxxx]
> Subject: Regression in 4.7-rc7
>
> Hi,
>
> Updated the laptop to -rc7 this morning, and it fails to boot. After
> bisecting it, this is the culprit:
>
> commit 45209046c47b93fadf26dc59a9da724f387b9cf2
> Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue Jul 5 13:53:12 2016 +0800
>
> ACPICA: Namespace: Fix namespace/interpreter lock ordering
>
> There is a lock order issue in acpi_load_tables(). The namespace lock
> is held before holding the interpreter lock.
>
> The last I see is grub loading initramfs, after that nothing. Very
> reproducible. Laptop is a Dell XPS 13.
>
> --
> Jens Axboe