Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758614AbYHVMip (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:38:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753900AbYHVMie (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:38:34 -0400 Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([77.75.108.10]:39411 "EHLO mail.ukfsn.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753486AbYHVMid (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:38:33 -0400 Message-ID: <48AEB347.2000200@dgreaves.com> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:38:31 +0100 From: David Greaves User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" CC: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , xfs@oss.sgi.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Dave Chinner , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Regression? 2.6.27-rc3 segfault on cold boot; not on warm boot. References: <48AD3921.5090709@dgreaves.com> <200808212026.17590.rjw@sisk.pl> In-Reply-To: <200808212026.17590.rjw@sisk.pl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1559 Lines: 38 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > [Adding CCs] > > [The issue is probably present in 2.6.26 too] > > On Thursday, 21 of August 2008, David Greaves wrote: >> I have a desktop system that has started having problems booting up in the morning. >> >> It appears to just happen on more recent kernels. >> I was having unrelated CDROM problems with a driver in an old kernel and decided >> to test 2.6.27-rcX >> The CDROM problem is fine now. >> >> However I started having problems on -rc1. I found that the machine was hanging >> soon after booting and needed a reboot. After a reboot it would work fine for >> the rest of the day. >> When -rc3 came out I tried that and the problem still appears to be there. >> >> The normal process is now to boot to single-user, ctrl-alt-sysreq-SUB and then >> reboot to multi-user. This isn't ideal. >> >> >> If I cold boot 2.6.25.3 the problem doesn't occur. >> I will try different versions over the next few days. As promised, I tried 2.6.26.3 this morning and didn't have the problem. I will try again a few times to confirm. Nb Although the log had an XFS failure, I think the real issue is the segfaults; I think XFS is a casuality, not a cause. Th problem almost always results in an XFS crash at some point - but usually preceded by many segfaults in random binaries. David -- 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/