Re: X-freeze after clflush changes [Was: 2.6.23-rc6-mm1]

From: Matt Mackall
Date: Thu Sep 20 2007 - 19:32:35 EST


On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 01:03:04AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > It's broken for me.
> >
> > 2.6.23-rc3-mm1: solid lock on X shutdown (noticed when upgrading)
> > -rc4-mm1: solid lock on X shutdown, random solid locks about
> > once every four hours
> > -rc6-mm1: solid lock on X startup
> > +your patch: screen goes black, turns off and on a few times during
> > startup, can reboot with sysrq-b
>
> Does it work with my simple dumb patch instead of Dave's ?

Sorry, forgot to mention: your one-liner flush also doesn't work (same
behavior).

I suspect I'm tripping two things and the flushing thing fixes one but
not the other.

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