Re: 2.6.12-rc2-mm3

[Andrew Morton]

Juergen Kreileder <jk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 20:23 +0200, Juergen Kreileder wrote:
> >> Juergen Kreileder <jk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >>
> >>> Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.12-rc2/2.6.12-rc2-mm3/
> >>>
> >>> I'm getting frequent lockups on my PowerMac G5 with rc2-mm3.
> >>
> >> I think I finally found the culprit.  Both rc2-mm3 and rc1-mm1 work
> >> fine when I reverse the timer-* patches.
> >>
> >> Any idea?  Bug in my ppc64 gcc?
> >
> > Or a bug in those patches,

(cc'ed Oleg)

> Probably.  I've tried a different toolchain now (3.4.3), didn't help.

That is bad news.

I wonder why you're the only person who has noticed this.

How frequent are the lockups?

Is it possible to perform any additional debugging?

Do you think there's anything unusual in your driver lineup or in your
workload which would cause you to be the only person who is observing this?

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