Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761321AbYCUUMc (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:12:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755437AbYCUUMY (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:12:24 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:35532 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755308AbYCUUMX (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:12:23 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:12:11 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc3-mm1 - BUG at system shutdown time Message-ID: <20080321201211.GA21609@elte.hu> References: <20080304011928.e8c82c0c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <10815.1204862325@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20080312003227.a94580e8.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4351.1205374751@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20080321134128.GO27245@elte.hu> <3343.1206128318@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20080321195813.GC16179@elte.hu> <4945.1206129958@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4945.1206129958@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> 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: 1134 Lines: 31 * Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:58:13 BST, Ingo Molnar said: > > > no, we frequently regenerate the x86.git tree so the dates have little > > relevance. If for any particular pull, x86/base is good and x86/latest > > is bad, then the bug is somewhere in those 200-300 patches inbetween. > > They are lined up linearly so should be perfectly bisectable. > > OK, off to go try the last few bisects then... well ... your git bisection log does look suspiciously 'good', so something is wrong thee i think :-( the chance to get 8 'good' bisection points in a row is 1:256. OTOH, the freshest x86 patches are always at the 'end' of the queue - which are also the ones most likely to break anything. Are you sure the x86/base point is indeed 'good'? You can check it via: git-checkout -b tmp x86/base and build+boot it. 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/