Re: X86_64: 2.6.12-rc3 spontaneous reboot

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Apr 25 2005 - 10:52:38 EST


On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 10:44:33AM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> >I think rc3 has code from rc2-mm2/3. Both of these reboot here randomly.
> >Nothing
> >shows up on a serial console... Think something is seriously wrong with
> >x86_64 in rc3.
> >That being said its possible its fixed in HEAD by.
> >
> >[PATCH] x86_64: fix new out of line put_user()
> >[PATCH] x86_64: Bug in new out of line put_user()
>
> I'm seeing the same problem with a fresh git checkout when running uml
> or gcc in 32bit mode. Nothing is received from netconsole. If anyone
> can suggest which patches might be worth reverting I'll try that.

Well, you can revert all my x86-64 changes for testing that went
in after rc2. Does that make a difference? If yes then please
do a binary search or give me a test case that shows the problem.

-Andi
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