netdev - Re: Nasty regression from .27.7 to .27.8: idle samba goes crazy

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Date:	Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:30:39 -0500
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Cc:	Jan Rekorajski <baggins@...h.mimuw.edu.pl>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Holger Hoffstaette <holger@...ards.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	stable@...nel.org, Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@...l.net>
Subject: Re: Nasty regression from .27.7 to .27.8: idle samba goes crazy

On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:16:34 +0100
Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com> wrote:

> Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > Try reverting the idr patch that went into 2.6.27.8. It broke DRM in the
> > Fedora kernel at least.
> >
> >   
> What happens?
> Does it oops, does one of the BUG() statements trigger?
> 

It fails in strange ways, e.g. trying to open a DRM device causes it to
disappear. (And DRM is a heavy user of idr.)
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