linux-kernel - Re: recent 2.6.26 kernel hangs at suspend

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Date:	Mon, 19 May 2008 08:26:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	len.brown@...el.com, Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: recent 2.6.26 kernel hangs at suspend

On Mon, 19 May 2008, Jeff Chua wrote:
> 
> How can I get pass the "bad" commit. I've tried "skip" or "next", but
> still won't boot.

Try

	git bisect visualize

and pick any commit that is active (avoiding the endpoints) and looks like 
a good candidate to test. Then do "git reset --hard <that-commit>" and try 
again..

Of course, when there are two overlapping bugs, and the other hides the 
bug you are trying to chase down, there *will* be cases where bisect 
simply doesn't work, if you are unlucky. Bisecting is wonderful, but it's 
not going so solve world hunger, or even be able to help with _all_ 
problems.

			Linus
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