linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.26-rc9-git4: Reported regressions from 2.6.25

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0807101020270.11076@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:21:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
cc:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.26-rc9-git4: Reported regressions from 2.6.25



On Thu, 10 Jul 2008, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 05:25:35PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > 
> > Attached is my fix for this problem. I don't think it is a regression
> > as such, but it can't hurt to go into 2.6.26 IMO.

Nick, you're a hero.

> > PREEMPT_RCU without HOTPLUG_CPU is broken.
> 
> Bastard!
> 
> rcutorture fixed here, starting cross-compile stuff (without much interest).

I'm marking this "tested-by" by you too, on the strength of that 
rcutorture thing. I think Nick nailed this one.

Good jorb,

		Linus
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