linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/9] x86, xsave: xsave/xrstor support

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:46:41 -0700
From:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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Subject: Re: [patch 0/9] x86, xsave: xsave/xrstor support

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:25:39AM -0700, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> I've restructured tip/x86/xsave to be like this, and it can now be
> merged into tip/master without conficts.

thanks.

> I briefly merged it into tip/master to test it, but after about 10
> randconfig iterations it ran into a spontaneous reboot crash. There's
> nothing in the log, the box (an Athlon64 X2) just reboots spontaneously.
> Removing the x86/xsave changes makes the system boot up fine.

I am also seeing this reboot issue and am hitting this both on tip/master
aswell as the tip/tmp.x86/xsave.broken

It seems to be timing related. Will look further.

thanks,
suresh
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