Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751497AbcDRD66 (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Apr 2016 23:58:58 -0400 Received: from gherkin.frus.com ([192.158.254.49]:58576 "EHLO gherkin.frus.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751232AbcDRD65 (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Apr 2016 23:58:57 -0400 Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 22:58:48 -0500 From: Bob Tracy To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, debian-alpha@lists.debian.org, mcree@orcon.net.nz, jay.estabrook@gmail.com, mattst88@gmail.com Subject: Re: [BUG] machine check Oops on Alpha Message-ID: <20160418035848.GA28637@gherkin.frus.com> References: <20160417210532.GA27208@gherkin.frus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 718 Lines: 14 On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 02:32:54AM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > I'd be tempted to run with the patch below to see what's the value of > `la_ptr' early on in processing (`entInt' code in entry.S looks sane to > me, doesn't touch a2). NB a rebuild doesn't have to be costly if you only > poke at a single file or a few which aren't e.g. headers included from > everywhere. Applied. Build started. Report to follow in a day or so: I've applied other patches to my kernel source tree in the meantime, so a full build is unavoidable at this point... I'll hold off applying any updates after this to minimize what must be rebuilt while this issue is being worked. Thank you for your time and trouble! --Bob