linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-git4+ regression

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Message-ID: <20080204122900.GA4287@ics.muni.cz>
Date:	Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:29:00 +0100
From:	Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@....muni.cz>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-git4+ regression

On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 01:01:32PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Lukas Hejtmanek <xhejtman@....muni.cz> wrote:
> 
> > but in such a case, kernel 2.6.24-git13 does oops at startup in 
> > sched_slice.
> 
> could you tell me more about this oops? You booted unmodified, latest 
> -git and it oopsed in sched_slice()? The patch below should work around 
> any oopses in sched_slice(). [but this is really a 'must not happen' 
> scenario - so a just-for-testing patch]

No, I booted modified lates git to see if mentioned patch (revertin slices) 
solves horrible non-interactivy problem. With your fix, I can boot now but 
the patch did not help. Make -j2 in kernel sources significantly decreases 
interactivity. Any ideas?
 
-- 
Lukáš Hejtmánek
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