linux-kernel - Re: [5/6] 2.6.21-rc2: known regressions

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Message-ID: <20070305193025.GB26065@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2007 20:30:25 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Emil Karlson <jkarlson@...hut.fi>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...lanox.co.il>,
	Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel@....de>
Subject: Re: [5/6] 2.6.21-rc2: known regressions


* Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com> wrote:

> I used this simple test case given by you a long time ago,
> 
> main ()
> {
> iopl(3);
> for (;;) 
>         asm("cli");
> 
> }
> 
> This doesn't look like a regression tho, 2.6.19-rc6 has the same 
> behavior ..

hm, so this doesnt get detected as a lockup at all? That's bad and needs 
fixing ...

	Ingo
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