From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
To: Thomas Molina <tmolina@cox.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Lukasz Trabinski <lukasz@wsisiz.edu.pl>,
Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de>,
Jordan Breeding <jordan.breeding@attbi.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>, Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>,
Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
Subject: Re: 2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 27 Sep
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 18:17:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D950329.848C85BE@digeo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.44.0209271833280.12092-100000@dad.molina
Thomas Molina wrote:
>
> This report can be accessed at
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/020927-status.html
>
> The latest update can always be accessed at
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
>
> I've changed the format somewhat for posting to lkml based on feedback and
> included comments and references. I'm also cc'ing those mentioned
> requesting feedback. Please let me know if this works.
>
> Problem Title Status Discussion
>
> 1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103166646702935&w=2
> BUG at kernel/sched.c closed 15 Sep 2002
>
> 2. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103184045102066&w=2
> closed 13 Sep 2002
>
> 3. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103220232808356&w=2
> closed 18 Sep 2002
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 4. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170969316930&w=2
> lockups under X open 21 Sep 2002
That's the tasklist_lock thing. Should be fixed now.
> 5. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103237870212293&w=2
> additional reports 18 Sep 2002
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 6. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103260318814826&w=2
> 2.5.37 won't run X closed 23 Sep 2002
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 7. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170969316930&w=2
> mouse locks up X open 11 Sep 2002
Duplicate of 4.
> 8. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103274064128049&w=2
> additional reports 23 Sep 2002
tasklist_lock again, probably.
> 9. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170259412602&w=2
> KVM/Mouse problem open 20 Sep 2002
>
> 10. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103299680529254&w=2
> Mouse/keyboard problems open 27 Sep 2002
>
> Are any of the above problems related? At least the last one appears to
> be related to the recent input layer changes.
Yes, mice and keyboards are flakey things; it'll take some time to
get everything working right I expect. Mine are doing weird and
faintly irritating things wrt key rollover.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 11. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103250741229189&w=2
> AIC7XXX boot failure open 20 Sep 2002
>
> This was reported by Lukasz Trabinski <lukasz@wsisiz.edu.pl>, but never
> responded to, and was never followed up. Should this be kept open?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 12. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103238248416900&w=2
> Dead loop on virtual device lo open 18 Sep 2002
>
> This was reported by Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de>, but
> never responded to, and was never followed up. Should this be kept open?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 13. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103241914811779&w=2
> nmi_watchdog problem open 19 Sep 2002
>
> This was reported by Jordan Breeding <jordan.breeding@attbi.com>, but
> never responded to, and was never followed up. Should this be kept open?
Ingo submitted a patch since then which fixed nmi_watchdog (although
I haven't tested it - I switched to nmi_watchdog=2 when it broke ;))
So "probably fixed"
> ...
>
> 27. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103278825525479&w=2
> Oops in 2.5.38-mm2 open 23 Sep 2002
>
> Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com> says this is not an oops, it's a warning.
> Should this be kept open?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 28. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103282505101823&w=2
> oops in vsnprintf (2.5-bk) open 23 Sep 2002
>
> 29. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103055061028368&w=2
> loadlin boot failure open 27 Sep 2002
>
> 30. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103282695403237&w=2
> semaphore.c calls sleeping function open 23 Sep 2002
This one's odd, and I think Bill makes them up to taunt me.
> 31. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103296031616858&w=2
> 2.5.38-mm2 aha152x module fails open 25 Sep 2002
>
> 32. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103296919327682&w=2
> oops with kernel LLC open 25 Sep 2002
>
> 33. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103315199307542&w=2
> loop trying to go beyond end of device open 27 Sep 2002
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-28 1:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-28 0:54 2.5 Kernel Problem Reports as of 27 Sep Thomas Molina
2002-09-28 1:17 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2002-09-28 1:46 ` Matthew Wilcox
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-09-30 0:10 Mikael Pettersson
2002-09-30 16:29 ` Alan Cox
2002-09-30 18:29 ` Thomas Molina
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