linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.11-rc4

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Message-ID: <CAMP44s3UGH8Aq-L3CsJ6BFFjZPBG18Gob6_avHMsz8rnrse51g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 5 Aug 2013 12:43:29 -0500
From:	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.11-rc4

On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> That said, Felipe, can you double-check that it's not timing-related
> in some subtle way, and test multiple times with just that commit
> reverted (and not reverted) to make sure that it's 100% that one
> single line by that particular commit? Because it does seem very
> benign..

I tested perhaps dozens of times with the patch, and every one of them
failed. I tested at least 6 times with the patch reverted, every one
of them worked.

I'm fairly certain that it's 100% reproducible, so it doesn't seem to be a race.

But I'll double-check.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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