Re: [Bug #11237] corrupt PMD after resume

[Ingo Molnar]

* 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.

	Ingo
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