linux-kernel - Re: Resume Issues :Exec of NX page, Synaptics Botchup

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1105222258590.3372@natty-nar>
Date:	Sun, 22 May 2011 23:04:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...l.ru>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Resume Issues :Exec of NX page, Synaptics Botchup



On Sun, 22 May 2011, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > Now I get a different call trace for the same NX error. (And Synaptics is
> > completely dead this time - not attributable to the patch, it was dumb
> > luck perhaps that it wored last time.)
> 
> Just because I'm crazy, can you double-check that you applied my patch
> and booted the right kernel?
> 
> 
As is of course the case - I am the crazy one here ;)

Grub switched the default boot order to old .39 vmlinuz and I should have 
noticed it but missed it - I blame it on Sunday.

Problem solved - no more NX exec error and who knows how Synaptics is 
working fine too - may be the exec after free scribbled something 
somewhere that hurt Synaptics.

Thanks,
Parag
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