linux-kernel - Re: frequent lockups in 3.18rc4

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFy2pCUvRwJNCpsUUA7pUQWWtx5_ir369TTHPJVhLZ5k-g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Dec 2014 13:17:43 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dâniel Fraga <fragabr@...il.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: frequent lockups in 3.18rc4

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> I'm in the process of bisecting 3.16 -> 3.17 (currently on -rc1)
> Thanksgiving kind of screwed up my flow, but 3.16 got a real
> pounding for over 3 days with no problems.
> I can give a !PREEMPT_RCU build a try, in case that turns out to
> point to something quicker than a bisect is going to.

No,. go on with the bisect. I think at this point we'll all be happier
narrowing down the range of commits than anything else. The behavior
Dâniel sees may be entirely unrelated anyway.

                   Linus
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