Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422656AbWJLH2v (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:28:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422783AbWJLH2v (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:28:51 -0400 Received: from ns1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:42214 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422656AbWJLH2u (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:28:50 -0400 Message-ID: <452DEEAB.3000403@suse.de> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:28:43 +0200 From: Gerd Hoffmann User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060911) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: john stultz Cc: caglar@pardus.org.tr, Andi Kleen , lkml Subject: Re: [RFC] Avoid PIT SMP lockups References: <1160170736.6140.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200610111349.32231.caglar@pardus.org.tr> <1160589556.5973.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200610112137.01160.caglar@pardus.org.tr> <1160592235.5973.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1160592235.5973.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 735 Lines: 22 john stultz wrote: > Hey Gerd, > Looks like the smp replacements code in 2.6.18 is breaking with vmware. > I'm guessing we're taking an interrupt while apply_replacements is > running. Any ideas? Try switching the vmware configuration to "other OS". This turns off os-specific binary patching. The alternatives code might have broken assumptions vmware does about the linux kernel code ... cheers, Gerd -- Gerd Hoffmann http://www.suse.de/~kraxel/julika-dora.jpeg - 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/