Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270655AbTHJUsV (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2003 16:48:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270667AbTHJUsV (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2003 16:48:21 -0400 Received: from kknd.mweb.co.za ([196.2.45.79]:26336 "EHLO kknd.mweb.co.za") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270655AbTHJUsT (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2003 16:48:19 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 22:48:53 +0200 From: Bongani Hlope To: Bob Gill Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: test3 responsible for atomic blast! Message-Id: <20030810224853.4a291e6e.bonganilinux@mweb.co.za> In-Reply-To: <1060547281.6445.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1060547281.6445.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="l?=.vn9Q?CU_r._s" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2266 Lines: 57 --l?=.vn9Q?CU_r._s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:28:01 -0600 Bob Gill wrote: > The really good news is 2.6.0-test3 is *much* more efficient at > delivering error messages than earlier versions! > The following is from /var/log/messages: 8< > unknown_bootoption+0x0/0xfa > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: bad: scheduling while atomic! > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: Call Trace: > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: [] rest_init+0x0/0xf5 > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: [] schedule+0x6e4/0x6e9 > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: [] default_idle+0x0/0x2c > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: [] rest_init+0x0/0xf5 > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: [] default_idle+0x0/0x2c > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: [] rest_init+0x0/0xf5 > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: [] cpu_idle+0x38/0x3a > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: [] start_kernel+0x1bd/0x215 > Aug 10 14:07:38 localhost kernel: [] > unknown_bootoption+0x0/0xfa > > ... the bad: scheduling while atomic! keeps blasting away at my screen > until I shutdown. I *do* shutdown right away before the system decides > to really hang (and take out my root partition on next startup like it > has done when I get these atomic crashes). Long before any real testing > begins, nasty bugs like this have to go! > > > -- > Bob Gill The system wont really hang (and take out you root partition) disable CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP (kernel hacking -> Sleep-inside-spinlock checking) on you .config if you want them to go away. --l?=.vn9Q?CU_r._s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Nq+/+pvEqv8+FEMRAkBNAJ4gFdYBzJxp7eNddfVoQquRnl6jegCfZVcU RFGDiTvJ3vbRkxFhENEAvMw= =Zc2t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --l?=.vn9Q?CU_r._s-- - 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/