Re: [Bug #10955] v2.6.26-rc7: BUG task_struct: Poison overwritten

Vegard Nossum
2008-07-13T19:37:00Z

On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10955
> Subject : v2.6.26-rc7: BUG task_struct: Poison overwritten
> Submitter : Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> Date : 2008-06-21 19:24 (23 days old)
> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121407641925121&w=4
> Handled-By : Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra-/NLkJaSkS4VmR6Xm/wNWPw@public.gmane.org>

Oh, wait, this probably wasn't a regression in the first place. It's
probably just obscure and rare enough that it was never discovered
earlier.

I'm in favour of closing this and reopening if it reappears. Or if you
simply just want to take it out of the regression list, that's also
fine with me.

Vegard

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