Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 03:15:38PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:49:27 +0100 > > > > > * Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > > > * Greg KH <[EMAIL

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Ingo Molnar
* David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so just to reiterate, to make sure we have the same plans: lets > > leave v2.6.22 and earlier kernels alone - and lets strive for the > > latest patches and code for v2.6.23 (and v2.6.24, evidently). > > I've validated that those patches make

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread David Miller
From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:49:27 +0100 > > * Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > * Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > but we only have cpu_clock() from v2.6.23

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 10:49:27PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > * Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > but we only have cpu_clock() from v2.6.23 onwards - so we

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > but we only have cpu_clock() from v2.6.23 onwards - so we should not > > > > apply the original patch to v2.6.22. (we should not have

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > but we only have cpu_clock() from v2.6.23 onwards - so we should not > > > apply the original patch to v2.6.22. (we should not have applied > > > your patch that started the mess to

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but we only have cpu_clock() from v2.6.23 onwards - so we should not > > apply the original patch to v2.6.22. (we should not have applied > > your patch that started the mess to begin with - but that's another > > matter.) > > Well, I can easily back

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 07:05:25AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Greg KH wrote: > > > Can you try applying the patch below to see if that solves the problem > > > for you? > > > > > > > I don't think this patch will help; it only has

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 07:08:08AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 11/17/2007 07:55 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > * Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Great, thanks for tracking this down. > > >> > > >> Ingo, this corrisponds to

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 07:05:25AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Jeremy Fitzhardinge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greg KH wrote: Can you try applying the patch below to see if that solves the problem for you? I don't think this patch will help; it only has cosmetic changes in

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 07:08:08AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Chuck Ebbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/17/2007 07:55 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great, thanks for tracking this down. Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but we only have cpu_clock() from v2.6.23 onwards - so we should not apply the original patch to v2.6.22. (we should not have applied your patch that started the mess to begin with - but that's another matter.) Well, I can easily back that one

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but we only have cpu_clock() from v2.6.23 onwards - so we should not apply the original patch to v2.6.22. (we should not have applied your patch that started the mess to begin with - but

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but we only have cpu_clock() from v2.6.23 onwards - so we should not apply the original patch to v2.6.22. (we should not have applied your

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 10:49:27PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but we only have cpu_clock() from v2.6.23 onwards - so we should not apply

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread David Miller
From: Ingo Molnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:49:27 +0100 * Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but we only have cpu_clock() from v2.6.23 onwards - so we should not

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Ingo Molnar
* David Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so just to reiterate, to make sure we have the same plans: lets leave v2.6.22 and earlier kernels alone - and lets strive for the latest patches and code for v2.6.23 (and v2.6.24, evidently). I've validated that those patches make 2.6.23 behave

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-20 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 03:15:38PM -0800, David Miller wrote: From: Ingo Molnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:49:27 +0100 * Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-19 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/17/2007 07:55 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Great, thanks for tracking this down. > >> > >> Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset > >> a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-19 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > Can you try applying the patch below to see if that solves the problem > > for you? > > > > I don't think this patch will help; it only has cosmetic changes in > addition to the original message printing fix. I think it

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-19 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Greg KH wrote: > Can you try applying the patch below to see if that solves the problem > for you? > I don't think this patch will help; it only has cosmetic changes in addition to the original message printing fix. I think it also needs change a3b13c23f186ecb57204580cc1f2dbe9c284953a: diff

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-19 Thread Chuck Ebbert
On 11/17/2007 07:55 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Great, thanks for tracking this down. >> >> Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset >> a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch >> incorrect? Should this patch in the -stable tree be

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-19 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 04:34:56PM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > Great, thanks for tracking this down. > > > > Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset > > a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch > > incorrect? Should this patch in the -stable tree

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-19 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 04:34:56PM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: Greg KH wrote: Great, thanks for tracking this down. Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch incorrect? Should this patch in the -stable tree be

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-19 Thread Chuck Ebbert
On 11/17/2007 07:55 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great, thanks for tracking this down. Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch incorrect? Should this patch in the -stable tree be reverted?

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-19 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Greg KH wrote: Can you try applying the patch below to see if that solves the problem for you? I don't think this patch will help; it only has cosmetic changes in addition to the original message printing fix. I think it also needs change a3b13c23f186ecb57204580cc1f2dbe9c284953a: diff -r

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-19 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Jeremy Fitzhardinge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greg KH wrote: Can you try applying the patch below to see if that solves the problem for you? I don't think this patch will help; it only has cosmetic changes in addition to the original message printing fix. I think it also needs

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-19 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Chuck Ebbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/17/2007 07:55 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great, thanks for tracking this down. Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch incorrect?

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-17 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great, thanks for tracking this down. > > Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset > a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch > incorrect? Should this patch in the -stable tree be reverted? hm, there are no such problems in .24

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-17 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Greg KH wrote: > Great, thanks for tracking this down. > > Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset > a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch > incorrect? Should this patch in the -stable tree be reverted? > Hm, I've never observed a problem with this in mainline.

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-17 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 08:05:33PM +, David wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 07:21:35PM +0100, Javier Kohen wrote: > > > >> I upgraded today from 2.6.23 to 2.6.23.8 and started seeing a lot of > >> these in the logs: > >> > > > > Can you see if the problem showed up

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-17 Thread David
Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 07:21:35PM +0100, Javier Kohen wrote: > >> I upgraded today from 2.6.23 to 2.6.23.8 and started seeing a lot of >> these in the logs: >> > > Can you see if the problem showed up in 2.6.23.2 or .3 to help narrow > this down? > This is the culprit,

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-17 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 07:21:35PM +0100, Javier Kohen wrote: > I upgraded today from 2.6.23 to 2.6.23.8 and started seeing a lot of > these in the logs: Can you see if the problem showed up in 2.6.23.2 or .3 to help narrow this down? thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-17 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 07:21:35PM +0100, Javier Kohen wrote: I upgraded today from 2.6.23 to 2.6.23.8 and started seeing a lot of these in the logs: Can you see if the problem showed up in 2.6.23.2 or .3 to help narrow this down? thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-17 Thread David
Greg KH wrote: On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 07:21:35PM +0100, Javier Kohen wrote: I upgraded today from 2.6.23 to 2.6.23.8 and started seeing a lot of these in the logs: Can you see if the problem showed up in 2.6.23.2 or .3 to help narrow this down? This is the culprit, reverting

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-17 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 08:05:33PM +, David wrote: Greg KH wrote: On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 07:21:35PM +0100, Javier Kohen wrote: I upgraded today from 2.6.23 to 2.6.23.8 and started seeing a lot of these in the logs: Can you see if the problem showed up in 2.6.23.2 or .3

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-17 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Greg KH wrote: Great, thanks for tracking this down. Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch incorrect? Should this patch in the -stable tree be reverted? Hm, I've never observed a problem with this in mainline. Ah. The

Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8

2007-11-17 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great, thanks for tracking this down. Ingo, this corrisponds to changeset a115d5caca1a2905ba7a32b408a6042b20179aaa in mainline. Is that patch incorrect? Should this patch in the -stable tree be reverted? hm, there are no such problems in .24 and the