linux-kernel - Re: Next April 28: boot failure on PowerPC with SLQB

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Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:10:29 +0200
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Sachin Sant <sachinp@...ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Next April 28: boot failure on PowerPC with SLQB

On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 12:00:33AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Nick,
> 
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:05:42 +0200 Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hmm, this might do it. The following code now passes some stress testing
> > in a userspace harness wheras before it did not (and was obviously wrong).
> 
> Indeed that allows it to boot fine.  Thanks.
> 
> Tested-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>

Great, thanks for reporting and testing. This one is especially
important because it is basically scribbling on random memory
:( Pekka, please apply.

Thanks,
Nick


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