linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #13178] Booting very slow

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Message-Id: <20090526233244.b817948e.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 26 May 2009 23:32:44 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@...bisoft.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [Bug #13178] Booting very slow

On Tue, 26 May 2009 01:04:04 +0200 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:

> On Monday 25 May 2009, Martin Knoblauch wrote:
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > 
> > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
> > > To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
> > > Cc: Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>; Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@...bisoft.de>
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:31:18 PM
> > > Subject: [Bug #13178] Booting very slow
> > > 
> > > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > > of regressions introduced between 2.6.28 and 2.6.29.
> > > 
> > > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > > introduced between 2.6.28 and 2.6.29.  Please verify if it still should
> > > be listed and let me know (either way).
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Bug-Entry    : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13178
> > > Subject        : Booting very slow
> > > Submitter    : Martin Knoblauch 
> > > Date        : 2009-04-24 12:45 (31 days old)
> > > References    : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124057716231773&w=4
> > 
> >  Still happens with 2.6.30-rc7. But see my comment on bz. I would be willing to leave this as "fuzzy timing related problem.
> 
> OK
> 
> I've closed it as "unreproducible".
> 

afacit this should remain open.  It's a reproducible regression on one
of Martin's machines and it has been bisected down to a particular
commit which quite clearly has the potential to increase device
intialisation times by a lot.  Especially if that commit was buggy.
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