linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-rc6-mm1 2.6.18-rc5-mm1 Kernel Panic on X60s

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Date:	Fri, 8 Sep 2006 22:21:41 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Cc:	Brandon Philips <brandon@...p.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Brice Goglin <brice@...i.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Robert Love <rml@...ell.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc6-mm1 2.6.18-rc5-mm1 Kernel Panic on X60s

On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:27:46 -0600
ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:

> Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:43:00 -0500
> > Brandon Philips <brandon@...p.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On 12:13 Fri 08 Sep 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:44:37 -0500
> >> > Brandon Philips <brandon@...p.org> wrote:
> >> > > 2.6.18-rc4-mm3 boots ok.
> >> > > 
> >> > > I will try and bisect the problem later tonight-
> >> > 
> >> > Thanks.  First, try disabling CONFIG_PCI_MSI.
> >> 
> >> With CONFIG_PCI_MSI disabled the system boots.  
> >
> > OK, thanks.
> >
> > So likely candidates are:
> >
> > - Brice's MSI changes
> >
> > - The conversion of i386 to use the genirq code
> >
> > - Eric's MSI/genirq changes
> >
> > or a combination of the above.  Or something else.
> >
> > <adds ccs, steps back expectantly>
> 
> Thanks for the heads up.
> 
> There was another panic reported last -mm tree I believe as well.
> 

Yes, there were a couple such reports.  The MSI patches in Greg's tree were
blamed and rc6-mm1 has a revamped version.  Whether they were sufficiently
revamped we do not know.

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