linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.37 kernel warning in perf

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Date:	Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:57:39 -0800
From:	Arun Sharma <arun@...rma-home.net>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.37 kernel warning in perf_events code

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
<acme@...hat.com> wrote:
> Is it possible for you to test this with 2.6.38-rc4? At least the user
> level tools, just do:

I tried the 2.6.38rc3 perf binary on two machines:

kernel = 2.6.37: The machine hung solid on the first try.
kernel = 2.6.38rc3: I could run it 10 times in a loop and no bad runs.

Looks like this is already fixed in newer kernels.

 -Arun
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