Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759591AbXFANDS (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:03:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754799AbXFANDL (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:03:11 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:39921 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754673AbXFANDL (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:03:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:03:02 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [1/3] 2.6.22-rc3: known regressions v2 Message-ID: <20070601130302.GA16172@elte.hu> References: <46600F1C.5000302@googlemail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.1.7 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1126 Lines: 29 * Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > Subject : long freezes on thinkpad t60 > > References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/24/100 > > Submitter : Miklos Szeredi > > Handled-By : Ingo Molnar > > Status : problem is being debugged > > This isn't a regression strictly speaking, as 2.6.21 is known to be > affected, and older kernels might also be. > > It's non-fatal and only happens under very special circumstances, so > it's definitely not a showstopper. > > I don't mind being bugged about this once in a while, this is just for > clarification. i have no better ideas that what you already tried - but unfortunately the tracer makes the bug go away and the NMI watchdog crashes your box. Btw., nmi_watchdog=2 might have a higher chance of surviving (it can still lock up a T60 but with a lower likelyhood). Ingo - 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/