linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH REGRESSION FIX] x86 idle: restore mwait

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Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2015 01:55:48 +0000
From:	Ian Malone <ibmalone@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH REGRESSION FIX] x86 idle: restore mwait_idle()

On 17 March 2015 at 08:22, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> * Ian Malone <ibmalone@...il.com> wrote:
>

>> Looks like Ingo Molnar has committed to tip which is probably a good
>> sign, thanks all.
>> (Have to hand this system on to someone who wont be patching kernels...)
>
> Guys, since I don't have the affected hardware, mind testing the
> latest sched/core tree:
>
>   git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git
>   cd tip
>   git checkout sched/core
>   # build a test kernel and boot it
>
> Or if you already have a kernel git tree, do something like this to
> pick up the scheduler development tree:
>
>   cd linux.git
>   git remote add git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git tip
>   git remote update
>   git checkout tip/sched/core
>   # build a test kernel and boot it
>
> and check whether the mwait related bugs are now fixed for good?
>

Fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60770, thank you.

-- 
imalone
http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk
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