linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-rc8-git1: Reported regressions from 2.6.23

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:24:44 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bunk@...nel.org, Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...tin.ibm.com>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc8-git1: Reported regressions from 2.6.23


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > > Subject	: jiffies counter leaps in 2.6.24-rc3
> > > Submitter	: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@...imi.it>
> > > Date	: 2007-11-29 08:36
> > > References	: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/24/53
> > > 		  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9475
> > > Handled-By	: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> > > Patch	: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/7/132
> 
> I think this is just the printk timestamp, no? And I think Ingo fixed 
> it differently.

yes. Stefano said the b43 driver is OK. The full fix is queued up for 
2.6.25. (it involved changing printk.c, etc., which didnt seem warranted 
- especially since the use of sched_clock() by printk was already quite 
incorrect.)

	Ingo
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