Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261875AbVDORYU (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:24:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261876AbVDORYT (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:24:19 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:54238 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261875AbVDORYQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:24:16 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:24:08 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Chris Wright Cc: Andi Kleen , Hugh Dickins , Dave Jones , "Sergey S. Kostyliov" , Clem Taylor , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: x86-64 bad pmds in 2.6.11.6 II Message-ID: <20050415172408.GB8511@wotan.suse.de> References: <20050330214455.GF10159@redhat.com> <20050331104117.GD1623@wotan.suse.de> <20050407024902.GA9017@redhat.com> <20050407062928.GH24469@wotan.suse.de> <20050414170117.GD22573@wotan.suse.de> <20050414181015.GH22573@wotan.suse.de> <20050414181133.GA18221@wotan.suse.de> <20050414182712.GG493@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050414182712.GG493@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1167 Lines: 26 On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 11:27:12AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote: > * Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de) wrote: > > > I will take a closer look at the rc1/rc2 patches later this evening > > > and see if I can spot something. Can only report back tomorrow though. > > > > Actually itt started in .11 already - sigh - on rereading the thread. > > That will make the code audit harder :/ > > Yes, I've seen it in .11 and earlier kernels. Happen to have same > "x86_64" string on my bad pmd dumps, but can't reproduce it at all. > So, for now, I can hold off on adding the reload cr3 patch to -stable > unless you think it should be there anyway. It is a bug fix (actually there is another related patch that fixes a similar bug), but we lived with the problems for years so I guess they can wait for .12. If there was a fix for the bad pmd problem it might be a candidate for stable, but so far we dont know what causes it yet. -Andi - 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/