Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751842AbaLCGCe (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2014 01:02:34 -0500 Received: from mail-qg0-f53.google.com ([209.85.192.53]:48738 "EHLO mail-qg0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750952AbaLCGCd (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2014 01:02:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20141201191431.GA17385@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <547ccf74.a5198c0a.25de.26d9@mx.google.com> <20141201230813.GE25340@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <547dec29.c71f8c0a.33d1.11d9@mx.google.com> <20141202170407.GK25340@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <547df364.236a8c0a.7b2d.ffffac67@mx.google.com> <20141202184202.GM25340@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <547e0947.c332e00a.23bf.ffffa8bd@mx.google.com> <20141202191143.GN25340@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <547e11fa.8778e00a.3439.ffffa88c@mx.google.com> <20141202205636.GQ25340@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <547e36d1.c54ae00a.2571.fffffd13@mx.google.com> <547e81ce.a1628c0a.4985.ffffb12a@mx.google.com> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 00:02:32 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wskWWyjo7b0t__LqwxgUcr7uJPk Message-ID: Subject: Re: frequent lockups in 3.18rc4 From: Chris Rorvick To: Linus Torvalds Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?D=C3=A2niel_Fraga?= , Tejun Heo , "Paul E. McKenney" , Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Put another way: "bad" is generally more trustworthy (because you > actively saw the bug), Makes sense, but ... > while a "good" _before_ a subsequent bad is > also trustworthy (because if the "good" kernel contained the bug and > you should have marked it bad, we'd then go on to test all the commits > that were *not* the bug, so we'd never see a "bad" kernel again). wouldn't marking a bad commit "good" cause you to not see a *good* kernel again? Marking it "good" would seem push the search away from the bug toward the current "bad" commit. -- 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/