Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:35:29 -0400 | From | Kevin Winchester <> | Subject | Re: X fails to start with latest Linus git |
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Kevin Winchester wrote: > Hi Ingo, > > Starting X (autostarted with GDM) manages to lock up my system > (requiring a hard reset) after the first few tree merges of the window, > and bisection shows: > > ----------------- > > 19ef9309273d26cb005cb23e6a370353dca91099 is first bad commit > commit 19ef9309273d26cb005cb23e6a370353dca91099 > Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > Date: Fri Jan 25 21:08:34 2008 +0100 > > printk: use ktime_get() > > printk timestamps: use ktime_get(). > > Some platforms have a functioning clocksource function only after > they are done with early bootup, so delay this until out of > SYSTEM_BOOTING state. > > it's also inherently safe now, as any bugs in this area will be > caught by the printk recursion checks. > > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > > ----------------- > > as the first bad commit. I have no idea why that would cause problems, > so it could also be some timing-related problem that just happened to > bisect to this patch. > > I will try advancing to the head of Linus' tree and then reverting this > patch to make sure it fixes the problem, but I figured I'd send this > first to see if it is obvious to anyone. >
Yes, with this as my "git log" :
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commit 1814180093994543e8fbfd8d91f383081a9bc283 Author: Kevin Winchester <kevin@alekhine.(none)> Date: Sat Jan 26 20:21:44 2008 -0400
Revert "printk: use ktime_get()"
This reverts commit 19ef9309273d26cb005cb23e6a370353dca91099.
commit 9b73e76f3cf63379dcf45fcd4f112f5812418d0a Merge: 50d9a12... 23c3e29... Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Date: Fri Jan 25 17:19:08 2008 -0800
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (200 commits) [SCSI] usbstorage: use last_sector_bug flag universally [SCSI] libsas: abstract STP task status into a function [SCSI] ultrastor: clean up inline asm warnings [SCSI] aic7xxx: fix firmware build [SCSI] aacraid: fib context lock for management ioctls [SCSI] ch: remove forward declarations [SCSI] ch: fix device minor number management bug [SCSI] ch: handle class_device_create failure properly [SCSI] NCR5380: fix section mismatch [SCSI] sg: fix /proc/scsi/sg/devices when no SCSI devices [SCSI] IB/iSER: add logical unit reset support [SCSI] don't use __GFP_DMA for sense buffers if not required [SCSI] use dynamically allocated sense buffer [SCSI] scsi.h: add macro for enclosure bit of inquiry data [SCSI] sd: add fix for devices with last sector access problems [SCSI] fix pcmcia compile problem [SCSI] aacraid: add Voodoo Lite class of cards. [SCSI] aacraid: add new driver features flags [SCSI] qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.02.00-k7. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Issue correct MBC_INITIALIZE_FIRMWARE command. ...
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The machine boots normally, but without that revert, X locks up. Does that make sense to anyone?
-- Kevin Winchester
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