Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762721AbXKTWRe (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:17:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761941AbXKTWQz (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:16:55 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:57385 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761783AbXKTWQy (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:16:54 -0500 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:06:10 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David , Javier Kohen , Andrew Morton , stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8 Message-ID: <20071120220610.GB19101@kroah.com> References: <473F498D.9090703@unsolicited.net> <20071117203705.GA21045@kroah.com> <473F88B0.1030309@goop.org> <20071119232252.GC3528@suse.de> <47423B26.1090607@goop.org> <20071120060525.GF20436@elte.hu> <20071120170519.GB15954@kroah.com> <20071120203919.GB10008@elte.hu> <20071120210315.GC13160@kroah.com> <20071120214927.GB24156@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071120214927.GB24156@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: 1463 Lines: 39 On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 10:49:27PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Greg KH wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > * Greg KH wrote: > > > > > > > > but we only have cpu_clock() from v2.6.23 onwards - so we should not > > > > > apply the original patch to v2.6.22. (we should not have applied > > > > > your patch that started the mess to begin with - but that's another > > > > > matter.) > > > > > > > > Well, I can easily back that one out, if that is easier than adding 2 > > > > more patches to try to fix up the mess here. > > > > > > > > Let me know if you feel that would be best. > > > > > > i'd leave it alone - doing that we have in essence the softlockup > > > detector turned off. Reverting to the older version might trigger false > > > positives that need the new stuff. > > > > Ok, I'll see if the current round of patches fix up everyone > > complaints :) > > so just to reiterate, to make sure we have the same plans: lets leave > v2.6.22 and earlier kernels alone - and lets strive for the latest > patches and code for v2.6.23 (and v2.6.24, evidently). Yes, that sounds fine to me. 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/