Re: [PATCH] x86-64 highres/dyntick support 2.6.22-rc1-v5

[Frank Sorenson]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Frank Sorenson wrote:

> Hrm.  Looks like it gets past the hpet_is_known  There's still something
> in the hpet detection code, but I didn't get to the bottom of it yet.
> I'll do some more debugging to track down where it's really hanging.
> Sorry for the noise.

I've tracked down this hang to a kzalloc in the hpet code that never
returns.  But only when using SLUB.  Using SLAB, the highres/dyntick
patch boots without problem.

...adding Christoph to the CC list...

Frank
- --
Frank Sorenson - KD7TZK
Linux Systems Engineer, DSS Engineering, UBS AG
frank@xxxxxxxxxxxx

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFGTKkLaI0dwg4A47wRArYeAJwLs4fJDfj8CuYmUpCaifou6DBsHgCg9nvP
ilEqTd1DdOD13LSl7xVeKls=
=RT2W
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/