linux-kernel - Re: X-freeze after clflush changes [Was: 2.6.23-rc6-mm1]

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Message-ID: <46F36DC8.6080305@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:07:52 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: X-freeze after clflush changes [Was: 2.6.23-rc6-mm1]

On 09/21/2007 01:31 AM, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 01:03:04AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
>>> It's broken for me.
>>>
>>> 2.6.23-rc3-mm1: solid lock on X shutdown (noticed when upgrading)
>>>       -rc4-mm1: solid lock on X shutdown, random solid locks about
>>>                 once every four hours
>>>       -rc6-mm1: solid lock on X startup
>>>    +your patch: screen goes black, turns off and on a few times during
>>>                 startup, can reboot with sysrq-b
>> Does it work with my simple dumb patch instead of Dave's ? 
> 
> Sorry, forgot to mention: your one-liner flush also doesn't work (same
> behavior).

Just an idea, if you enable LIST_DEBUG, it won't spit anything out after the one
of patches applied, right?

regards,
-- 
Jiri Slaby (jirislaby@...il.com)
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
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