Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933098AbbGJRLe (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:11:34 -0400 Received: from mail-ig0-f182.google.com ([209.85.213.182]:35956 "EHLO mail-ig0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932324AbbGJRLT (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:11:19 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <559FF99A.30509@osg.samsung.com> References: <559E72B1.2050903@osg.samsung.com> <559E7AA4.6020602@osg.samsung.com> <20150709144540.GA27723@kroah.com> <559EB218.80404@osg.samsung.com> <559FF99A.30509@osg.samsung.com> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:11:18 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ZzPlbTux-Lh53ikgNvpFa69yz2Y Message-ID: Subject: Re: Linux 4.2-rc1 From: Linus Torvalds To: Shuah Khan Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , vz@mleia.com, Tejun Heo , Ming Lei , Shuah Khan , 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 Content-Length: 956 Lines: 22 On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Shuah Khan wrote: > > I am not sure why this patch would cause the problem I am seeing. > This patch itself looks like a cleanup type patch and doesn't > really fix a bug. I am building with this patch reverted at the > moment to confirm. Smells to me like it's just a timing issue, and that mayeb the bisect failed because it's not 100% repeatable. Or maybe it *was* 100% repeatable, but simply because that commit changed the timing of the bootup scripts etc. But yes, trying it with the revert in place is a good idea just to make sure. And perhaps checking that kernel more than a few times to verify just how repeatable it is. Linus -- 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/