linux-kernel - Re: PROBLEM: sparc64 random crashes starting w/ Linux 6.1 (regression)

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Message-ID: <Y+5M3qezT2t0wPx+@x1n>
Date:   Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:33:50 -0500
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     Nick Bowler <nbowler@...conx.ca>
Cc:     Linux regressions mailing list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: sparc64 random crashes starting w/ Linux 6.1
 (regression)

On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 12:32:54AM -0500, Nick Bowler wrote:
> On 2023-02-15, Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 03:49:56PM +0100, Linux regression tracking
> > (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote:
> >> On 31.01.23 02:46, Nick Bowler wrote:
> >> > I'll keep running this for a while to see if any other problems come
> >> > up.
> >>
> >> Nick, I assume no other problems showed up?
> >>
> >> In that case Peter could send the patch in for merging. Or did you do
> >> that already?
> >
> > Thanks for raising this again.  Nop, I'm just waiting for a final ack from
> > Nick to make sure that nothing went wrong after the longer run.
> 
> Oh, yes, it wasn't so much a "run" as just continuing to use the
> computer normally.
> 
> Everything seems stable enough.

Thanks Nick.

I've just posted a formal patch with you copied.  There's a slight tweak
due to rebasing to the latest akpm tree, but I still attached your
tested-by for appreciations on the help, and I assume it should have the
same functional change.

-- 
Peter Xu