Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752407AbcDRMbp (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2016 08:31:45 -0400 Received: from gherkin.frus.com ([192.158.254.49]:59160 "EHLO gherkin.frus.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750717AbcDRMbn (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2016 08:31:43 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 07:31:36 -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: <20160418123136.GA30382@gherkin.frus.com> References: <20160417210532.GA27208@gherkin.frus.com> <20160418035848.GA28637@gherkin.frus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160418035848.GA28637@gherkin.frus.com> 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: 1056 Lines: 20 On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 10:58:48PM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > 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! Build delayed slightly. Ran into "fs/binfmt_em86.o" build failure patched by Daniel Wagner back in February (incompatible-pointer-types warning treated as error by compiler). Is Daniel's patch queued for incorporation into the main kernel source tree? --Bob