linux-kernel - Re: -next March 3: Boot failure on x86 (Oops)

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Date:	Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:09:00 +0530
From:	Sachin Sant <sachinp@...ibm.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: -next March 3: Boot failure on x86 (Oops)

Tejun Heo wrote:
>
> I'm having very difficult time imagining how 22b737f4 could have
> affected this as the patch is identical transformation of the previous
> code.  Also, 833af842 was released with 2.6.32 and stayed that way, so
> it really looks like a memory overrun / random corruption thing.  Can
> you please retry with kmalloc debug stuff turned on?
>   
With latest git (2.6.33-git11) the machine boots fine. So as you
mentioned this could be a memory overrun / random corruption issue.

I will try few more boots with latest / old git snapshots, and will
try to collect debug information on recreation.

Thanks
-Sachin

> Thanks.
>
>   


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Sachin Sant
IBM Linux Technology Center
India Systems and Technology Labs
Bangalore, India
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