On 07/01/2012 09:08 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> Fair enough.  But ugh.
>
> Can you point me at your config?
> Can you tell me your linker version?
>

I sent the config already; here it is again.

GNU ld version 2.22.52.0.1-10.fc17 20120131

(This is a stock Fedora 17 system.)

I can upload the vmlinux and a bootable .iso as well.

> I tested this originally on both x86_64 and i386, and it
> worked both places for me.
>
> I want to stair at that failure mode.  I am wondering what happened
> in your configuration that is different from mine.  Perhaps a linker
> bug?  A subtle conflict with something else?    The patch didn't do
> anything that should have affectected per cpu sections...

	-hpa