Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764380AbYCDMnR (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:43:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755957AbYCDMnB (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:43:01 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:50807 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752795AbYCDMnB (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2008 07:43:01 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:42:41 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: "Klaus S. Madsen" Cc: Pavel Machek , Suspend-devel list , "H. Peter Anvin" , LKML , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Thomas Gleixner , Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: Regression in 2.6.25-rc3: s2ram segfaults before suspending Message-ID: <20080304124241.GD29777@elte.hu> References: <20080228194920.GJ17932@hjernemadsen.org> <47C739A6.5020608@zytor.com> <20080229070028.GK17932@hjernemadsen.org> <47C873AA.6040305@zytor.com> <20080229212654.GL27212@elte.hu> <20080301094525.GQ17932@hjernemadsen.org> <20080303121735.GE28369@elf.ucw.cz> <20080303151155.GT17932@hjernemadsen.org> <20080303174858.GB25496@elte.hu> <20080303205227.GU17932@hjernemadsen.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080303205227.GU17932@hjernemadsen.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1051 Lines: 24 * Klaus S. Madsen wrote: > > are you sure you ID-ed the right commit that broke things? > > I can't be sure. It was my third attempt, and there seems to be some > sort of Makefile trouble in that area, which causes the problem to > appear and disappear at random, unless I do a make clean && make. But > the triggering commit was found with make clean && make, and I made > sure that reverting the resulting commit did actually solve the > problem... btw., even if it turns out to be the wrong commit, you sure poked in the right general area. This is one of the reoccuring problems with git bisection: a small mistake near the end of a long bisection session can point to the wrong commit. Especially with more sporadic failure modes it can be quite a challenge. 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/