Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761361AbXKTROU (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:14:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758939AbXKTRNx (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:13:53 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:39330 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758734AbXKTRNw (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:13:52 -0500 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:04:20 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Chuck Ebbert , Jeremy Fitzhardinge , gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, Javier Kohen , Andrew Morton , David Subject: Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8 Message-ID: <20071120170420.GA15954@kroah.com> References: <1195323695.5240.16.camel@null.tough.com.ar> <20071117191211.GA12757@kroah.com> <473F498D.9090703@unsolicited.net> <20071117203705.GA21045@kroah.com> <20071118005538.GD26865@elte.hu> <47422AA3.7060507@redhat.com> <20071120060808.GG20436@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071120060808.GG20436@elte.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1916 Lines: 56 On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 07:08:08AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Chuck Ebbert wrote: > > > On 11/17/2007 07:55 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > * Greg KH wrote: > > > > > >> Great, thanks for tracking this down. > > >> > > >> Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset > > >> a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch > > >> incorrect? Should this patch in the -stable tree be reverted? > > > > > > hm, there are no such problems in .24 and the cpu_clock() and other > > > fixes i did were not picked up. Find the missing fixes below. They > > > should work just fine in .23 as it has the cpu_clock() functionality > > > too. > > > > > > [ NOTE: the most robust thing is to make the .23 version match the .24 > > > version of kernel/softlockup.c, so i included two other harmless > > > changes in this diff as well. ] > > > > > > Ingo > > > > > > -----------> > > > commit a5f2ce3c6024a5bb895647b6bd88ecae5001020a > > > Author: Ingo Molnar > > > Date: Tue Oct 16 23:26:08 2007 -0700 > > > > > > commit 43581a10075492445f65234384210492ff333eba > > > Author: Ingo Molnar > > > Date: Tue Oct 16 23:26:08 2007 -0700 > > > > Those are just cosmetic / cleanup changes. > > > > Don't you need commit a3b13c23f186ecb57204580cc1f2dbe9c284953a ?? > > yes: > > > > [...] the cpu_clock() and other fixes i did were not picked up. > > i just forgot to attach the cpu_clock() changes - they are in a3b13c23. Ok, I've now added that patch too :) Hopefully this is all straightened out now, I'll go cut a -rc for the next stable so people can test... thanks, greg k-h - 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/