linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-git2: Oracle 11g VKTM process enters R state on startup and is unkillable [still broken in 2.6.25-rc1]

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Date:	Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:28:25 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@...il.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-git2: Oracle 11g VKTM process enters R state on startup
	and is unkillable [still broken in 2.6.25-rc1]


* Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@...il.com> wrote:

> > > ok, we just found the reason for the 8-way crash, the delta fix 
> > > from Peter is below if any of you have tried the previous combo 
> > > patch. Updated sched.git as well, new HEAD is 
> > > fec13e45305d69fd0bd23b30bd05a0a42cf341f8.
> >
> > With the previous patch and this patch applied, the issue is not 
> > reproducible here.
> 
> The problem is fixed for me as well with the previous patch + the 
> patch below, VKTM now enters S state and Oracle shuts down properly 
> again.

thanks alot for testing this. The scheduler queue is now looking good in 
testing, will probably send a pull request to Linus later today.

	Ingo
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