linux-kernel - Re: system gets stuck in a lock during boot

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Message-ID: <4AD37285.6060904@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:16:37 -0700
From:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	rostedt@...dmis.org, Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: system gets stuck in a lock during boot

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Justin P. Mattock<justinmattock@...il.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> Steven Rostedt wrote:
>>      
>>> On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 11:45 -0700, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> yep like I said I owe you guys an apology, for
>>>> my mistake(thanks for taking the time).
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Well, thank you for reporting it. If nobody reports any problems, we
>>> just assume everything is OK, and as people curse us out and look for
>>> alternatives, we will be sipping our mai-tais in ignorant bliss.
>>>
>>> -- Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> agree, my main concern when reporting is to make sure that it's a real
>> issue, and not a mistake like this one.
>>      
>
> Well, it can be really hard to filter out whether a problem is somehow
> self-inflicted or caused by the kernel proper - thus we generally prefer
> over-reporting over under-reporting.
>
> Even if it's self-inflicted it's useful on a meta level: if many people
> report it then we might end up adding more safety guards to disable a
> particular common pattern of shoot-foot-self incidents.
>
> 	Ingo
>
>    
CONFIG_INGO=y

Thanks man, yeah I agree the more over reporting the better.
but in this case  I did shoot myself in the foot(not by choice though).
In any case I really appreciate all of you guys
taking the time to look at this. I will try and be more careful the
next time in reporting.

Justin P. Mattock

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