Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755857AbXIIAY0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Sep 2007 20:24:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755335AbXIIAYS (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Sep 2007 20:24:18 -0400 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:53212 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755221AbXIIAYR (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Sep 2007 20:24:17 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Chuck Ebbert Cc: Andrew Morton , jakub@redhat.com, Ulrich Drepper , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc3-mm1 - vdso and gettimeofday issues with glibc In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:27:10 EDT." <46D6EFDE.4020107@redhat.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20070822020648.5ea3a612.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <23252.1188396273@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <3909.1188409058@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20070829161545.9fde1a5c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <46D6EFDE.4020107@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1189297449_2832P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:24:09 -0400 Message-ID: <7671.1189297449@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1612 Lines: 45 --==_Exmh_1189297449_2832P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:27:10 EDT, Chuck Ebbert said: > On 08/29/2007 07:15 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: > >>> The issue: vdso and gettimeofday seem to be having a quarrel. > >> This is also open as a Fedora bug: > >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=262481 > >> > > > > So it's an interaction between the x86_64 vdso patches in Andi's tree and > > newer glibc, and we don't know which one is getting it wrong yet? > > > > If I ever get another -mm out the door (have been without electricity for > > several days) I'll drop the vdso changes until this is sorted out. > > - > > Problem is present in stock 2.6.23-rc too. Still don't know whether it is > the new glibc code or the vdso that's causing it, though. Updating on this issue: Both myself and another person have reported on the RedHat bugzilla that it's a clocksource issue - if you are using the hpet clocksource, the time warps, but booting with clocksource=acpi_pm works. This ring any bells? --==_Exmh_1189297449_2832P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFG4z0pcC3lWbTT17ARAgrOAJ95JYOclMU8yob0HwlZeytkjxCoTACdHx9e ZxS2jBayp+33u+l33CPOhSs= =CJpd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1189297449_2832P-- - 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/