Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:06:10 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8 |
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On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 10:49:27PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:39:19PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > * Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> 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 out, if that is easier than adding 2 > > > > more patches to try to fix up the mess here. > > > > > > > > Let me know if you feel that would be best. > > > > > > i'd leave it alone - doing that we have in essence the softlockup > > > detector turned off. Reverting to the older version might trigger false > > > positives that need the new stuff. > > > > Ok, I'll see if the current round of patches fix up everyone > > complaints :) > > 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).
Yes, that sounds fine to me.
thanks,
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