linux-kernel - Re: help with diagnosing kernel oops in __mutex_lock

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Message-ID: <20121102001429.GA2129@kroah.com>
Date:	Thu, 1 Nov 2012 17:14:29 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Stan Hu <stanhu@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: help with diagnosing kernel oops in __mutex_lock_slowpath

On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 03:02:45PM -0700, Stan Hu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm getting this kernel oops sporadically with a custom Cortex-A8 ARM
> board with a Linux 3.2.28 kernel.  The system is booting off an SD
> card; interestingly this failure doesn't seem to happen when I boot
> from NAND flash.   I would say 1 out 10 times it fails with a similar
> backtrace.  Does anyone have any clue why this might be happening?

Does this also happen on the 3.6 kernel, or 3.7-rc3?

thanks,

greg k-h
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