Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760293AbXIURQg (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:16:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755020AbXIURQ3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:16:29 -0400 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:40200 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750871AbXIURQ2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:16:28 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Matt Mackall Cc: Dave Airlie , Andi Kleen , Andrew Morton , Jiri Slaby , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: X-freeze after clflush changes [Was: 2.6.23-rc6-mm1] In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:06:05 CDT." <20070920220604.GA17536@waste.org> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20070918011841.2381bd93.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <46F10B69.5070008@gmail.com> <46F10DCB.1090302@gmail.com> <46F13938.1070709@gmail.com> <20070919121017.0cbcbc30.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070919192453.GB18707@one.firstfloor.org> <21d7e9970709191842h3111390cl8f09745bed6bd8f9@mail.gmail.com> <20070920220604.GA17536@waste.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1190394975_2847P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:16:15 -0400 Message-ID: <10207.1190394975@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1487 Lines: 43 --==_Exmh_1190394975_2847P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:06:05 CDT, Matt Mackall said: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:42:29AM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > > I've attached a more complicated patch that does a 2 stage effort to > > unmapping and freeing pages. My kernel no longer hangs with this > > patch... > > > > Jiri can you confirm? > > It's broken for me. > > 2.6.23-rc3-mm1: solid lock on X shutdown (noticed when upgrading) > -rc4-mm1: solid lock on X shutdown, random solid locks about > once every four hours > -rc6-mm1: solid lock on X startup > +your patch: screen goes black, turns off and on a few times during > startup, can reboot with sysrq-b Hmm.. maybe I'm chasing a different bug manifested by the same patch. For me, it's been a solid lockup at X startup since -rc3-mm1, and this patch doesn't change matters. --==_Exmh_1190394975_2847P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFG8/xfcC3lWbTT17ARAg0qAKDD7pHlRI2vufJCqPeJP5PpY4DzAwCgslAP gzWRo7Dub94TjjF1yrRE1ZI= =7RdW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1190394975_2847P-- - 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/