Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.27-rc3: kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c - bisected | Date | Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:29:28 +0200 |
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On Thursday, 14 of August 2008, Alan D. Brunelle wrote: > Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Thursday, 14 of August 2008, Alan D. Brunelle wrote: > >> I ran into this trying 2.6.27-rc3 today: > >> > >> [6.461876] kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c:217! > >> > >> (full boot log attached) > >> > >> I bisected it to: > >> > >> git-bisect bad 1c89ac55017f982355c7761e1c912c88c941483d > >> > >> which is: > >> > >> commit 1c89ac55017f982355c7761e1c912c88c941483d > >> Merge: 88fa08f... b1b135c... > >> Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> > >> Date: Tue Aug 12 08:40:19 2008 -0700 > >> > >> Merge > >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus > > > > This is a merge commit that introduced several changes into the > > kernel. It would be helpful to search through these changes. > > I came in this morning, and did a 'git bisect reset' and 'git pull' > built, and everything booted fine. I don't know if some fix came in for > something else, or if the problem got "hidden" (some sort of timing > thing, so the problem still lurks). If you feel it's important to track > this down, if you could give me instructions on how to break apart that > one merge, I could then try individual kernels from there...
I have created a Bugzilla entry at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11342 for this problem. I'll close it now, but please reopen if if the problem reappears.
Thanks, Rafael
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