linux-kernel - Re: Linux 4.2-rc1

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:11:18 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, vz@...ia.com,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 4.2-rc1

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com> wrote:
>
> I am not sure why this patch would cause the problem I am seeing.
> This patch itself looks like a cleanup type patch and doesn't
> really fix a bug. I am building with this patch reverted at the
> moment to confirm.

Smells to me like it's just a timing issue, and that mayeb the bisect
failed because it's not 100% repeatable. Or maybe it *was* 100%
repeatable, but simply because that commit changed the timing of the
bootup scripts etc.

But yes, trying it with the revert in place is a good idea just to
make sure. And perhaps checking that kernel more than a few times to
verify just how repeatable it is.

           Linus
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