Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:31:04 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: CONFIG_MK6 = lsof hangs unkillable |
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On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 04:44:07AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Tony Mantler <nicoya@ubb.ca> wrote: > > > > I'm having trouble running lsof on 2.6.15.1 when the kernel is > > compiled with CONFIG_MK6. When run as root, lsof will segfault, and > > when run as a user lsof will hang unkillable. > > > > The same kernel, same machine, but compiled with CONFIG_MK7 runs just > > lsof just fine. > > That's creepy. CONFIG_MK6 hardly does anything. The main thing it does is > feed `-march=k6' into the compiler. MK7 uses `-march=athlon'. >...
CONFIG_MK7 results in a bigger L1_CACHE_SHIFT than CONFIG_MK6.
AFAIR it wouldn't be the first time that changing L1_CACHE_SHIFT would hide a real bug visible with a different L1_CACHE_SHIFT.
cu Adrian
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