linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.38-rc3 regression on parisc: segfaults

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Date:	Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:12:40 -0600
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
Cc:	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.38-rc3 regression on parisc: segfaults

On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 00:00 +0200, Meelis Roos wrote:
> I have been testing devel kernels on SMP L1000 successfully until 
> 2.6.38-rc2-00324-g70d1f36 included. The testing means booting the new 
> kernel and running aptitude to update to current debian unstable.
> 
> Now I tried 2.6.38-rc3 and got a crash from aptitude on 2 out of 2 
> tries. Maybe aptitude was broken inbetween but it looks like a kernel 
> bug. Retried 2.6.38-rc2-00324-g70d1f36 and that seemed to work fine so 
> it's more likely a kernel problem.
> 
> What additional information can I provide?

Probably a bisection, if you could.  There have been no parisc patches
between -rc2 and -rc3, so it's coming from outside the architecture.

Thanks,

James


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