linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-rc4-git5: Reported regressions from 2.6.23

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Date:	Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:49:25 -0500 (EST)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc4-git5: Reported regressions from 2.6.23

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 03:40:49 +0100 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
> 
> > This message contains a list of some regressions from 2.6.23 which have been
> > reported since 2.6.24-rc1 was released and for which there are no fixes in the
> > mainline that I know of.  If any of them have been fixed already, please let me
> > know.
> > 
> > If you know of any other unresolved regressions from 2.6.23, please let me know
> > either and I'll add them to the list.
> > 
> > 
> > ..
> >
> > Subject		: system hangs after a few minutes
> > Submitter	: Marcus Better <marcus@...ter.se>
> > References	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9335
> > Handled-By	: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > 		  Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
> > Patch		: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=13871&action=view
> > 
> 
> This one we have a confirmed fix from Alan but it doesn't appear to be in
> anyone's tree.

An expanded version of that fix is in Greg's queue:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=119697043410947&w=2

Since he's away until Tuesday, nothing will happen for a few days.  
However you might want to replace the old fix that got added to -mm.

> There is a second bug in here, applicable to core x86: Marcus's machine
> won't boot with nmi_watchdog=1.

Alan Stern

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