Re: Bootup time regression from 2.6.27 to 2.6.28-rc3+

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 12:39:50 -0800 (PST)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sun, 9 Nov 2008, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > 
> > for me, the plan is that we need to get Thomas' fixes tested by
> > someone who can reproduce this very reliably. If they fix it, great.
> > If they don't, time is running out and we need to remove the feature
> > for 2.6.28 (that is 1 line of change), realizing that this just
> > papers over stuff and isn't a real fix, and get back to it for
> > 2.6.29.
> 
> I'd like to see the one-liner fix, even if it turns out to just be a 
> workaround that hides the issue and makes us go back to 2.6.27
> behaviour. I'm about to release -rc4 today, we should be aggressive
> about regressions.