Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758010AbYLDOai (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:30:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754877AbYLDOa1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:30:27 -0500 Received: from gherkin.frus.com ([192.158.254.49]:58848 "EHLO gherkin.frus.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752287AbYLDOa0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:30:26 -0500 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:30:23 -0600 From: Bob Tracy To: James Bottomley Cc: Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , linux-scsi , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] SCSI fixes for 2.6.28-rc7 Message-ID: <20081204143023.GA2240@gherkin.frus.com> References: <1228237136.3331.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20081202192834.GA26259@gherkin.frus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081202192834.GA26259@gherkin.frus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1910 Lines: 33 On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 01:28:34PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 10:58:56AM -0600, James Bottomley wrote: > > This is quite a hefty update for so late. It includes a slew of block > > timer related fixes (we moved to using block timers when the 2.6.28 > > merge window opened). The bad news is that I still don't think we have > > all the block timer related bugs caught and fixed. There's also a slew > > of zfcp (s390 driver) fixes and a few miscellaneous others (including > > another regression bugzilla fix, the hang in starved list processing). > > I'll give this a try. None of the 2.6.28-rcX versions I've tried have > lasted more than a few hours at best before panicing with a block layer > timeout. My test system uses the aic7xxx driver with a 2930U2 adapter. > I didn't report the regression relative to 2.6.27 because I figured > something this major was going to get caught without another "me too" > report that I was too busy to generate and provide the necessary > diagnostic and followup on anyway :-). 2.6.28-rc7 without the SCSI update panics as the prior -rcX kernels did. With the update applied, life is good (so far). I can at least type "sync" at the command prompt and get away with it :-). With a current uptime of less than 5 minutes, I need to let the patched -rc7 soak a bit. Otherwise, I'm willing to call it "good." -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bob Tracy | "I was a beta tester for dirt. They never did rct@frus.com | get all the bugs out." - Steve McGrew on /. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 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/