linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25-rc8-git5: Reported regressions from 2.6.24

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Date:	Tue, 8 Apr 2008 23:50:43 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	"Alessandro Suardi" <alessandro.suardi@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Natalie Protasevich" <protasnb@...il.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc8-git5: Reported regressions from 2.6.24

On Tuesday, 8 of April 2008, Alessandro Suardi wrote:
> 2008/4/7 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>:
> 
> >  Bug-Entry       : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10384
> >  Subject         : 2.6.25-rc6-git2: warn_on_slowpath for tcp_simple_retransmit
> >  Submitter       : Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@...il.com>
> >  Date            : 2008-04-02 00:28 (6 days old)
> >  References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/1/408
> >  Handled-By      : Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
> >  Patch           : http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&amp;m=120756760521961&amp;w=2
> 
> This one is very difficult to verify. It happened exactly once in
>  now 20 days... I'll be away from the box until the weekend,
>  when I'll compile whatever kernel-of-the-day with Ilpo's fix
>  on top, if it isn't in mainline by then, and... well, keep the
>  torrents alive with an eye on the kernel logs.
> 
> Not sure what's the best thing to do with such a hard to
>  reproduce issue. Perhaps marking it fixed by Ilpo's patch,
>  and if it pops up again file a new bug linking it to the entry
>  in bugzilla ?

Well, I will close it as "unreproducible".  You can always reopen it if the
problem occurs again.

Thanks,
Rafael
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