Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:27:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:27:30 -0400 Received: from svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com ([24.136.46.5]:64529 "EHLO svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:27:21 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.5.37 lockup with dbench 36 and make -j3 bzImage and PREEMPT=y. From: Robert Love To: Steven Cole Cc: Helge Hafting , Linux Kernel In-Reply-To: <1032797370.28405.5.camel@spc9.esa.lanl.gov> References: <1032555932.14946.225.camel@spc9.esa.lanl.gov> <20020921120529.A20153@hh.idb.hist.no> <1032797370.28405.5.camel@spc9.esa.lanl.gov> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1032805949.25745.21.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.1.1 (Preview Release) Date: 23 Sep 2002 14:32:29 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 751 Lines: 21 On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 12:09, Steven Cole wrote: > Further testing with 2.5.37 over the weekend showed that the lockup also > occurred without preempt here too. > > This seems to have been fixed in 2.5.38-mm2. I've run up to dbench 128 > while doing several kernel compiles with make -j3 with PREEMPT enabled, > and have not observed any lockups at all. Excellent. Thanks a lot for this update. I appreciate your testing, Steven. Any future preempt-related lock ups please let me know. Robert Love - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/