Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:42182 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756000Ab2I1CUB convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:20:01 -0400 Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] nfsd crashing with 3.6.0-rc7 on PowerPC Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Alexander Graf In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:19:55 +0200 Cc: LKML List , linuxppc-dev , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, Jan Kara , skinsbursky@parallels.com, bfields@redhat.com Message-Id: References: <3BDA9E62-7031-42D6-8CA9-5327B61700F5@suse.de> To: Linus Torvalds Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 28.09.2012, at 04:04, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: >> >> Below are OOPS excerpts from different rc's I tried. All of them crashed - all the way up to current Linus' master branch. I haven't cross-checked, but I don't remember any such behavior from pre-3.6 releases. > > Since you seem to be able to reproduce it easily (and apparently > reliably), any chance you could just bisect it? > > Since I assume v3.5 is fine, and apparently -rc1 is already busted, a simple > > git bisect start > git bisect good v3.5 > git bisect bad v3.6-rc1 > > will get you started on your adventure.. Heh, will give it a try :). The thing really does look quite bisectable. It might take a few hours though - the machine isn't exactly fast by today's standards and it's getting late here. But I'll keep you updated. Alex