From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John David Anglin Subject: Re: [PATCH] parisc: fixes and cleanups in page cache flushing (1/4) Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:36:22 -0500 Message-ID: <510FFFA6.3010100@bell.net> References: <20130203225909.GA14573@p100.box> <20130204163743.248510@gmx.net> <510FEBBD.9000207@bell.net> <1486683.rMoLpHzbnF@eto> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: Helge Deller , linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com To: Rolf Eike Beer Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1486683.rMoLpHzbnF@eto> List-ID: List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org On 2/4/2013 12:57 PM, Rolf Eike Beer wrote: > John David Anglin wrote: >> On 2/4/2013 11:37 AM, Helge Deller wrote: >>>>> Von: Rolf Eike Beer >>>>> >>>>> Helge Deller wrote: >>>>>> This is the first patch in a series of 4, with which the page cache >>>>>> flushing of >>>>>> parisc will gets fixed and enhanced. This even fixes the nasty >>>>>> "minifail" bug >>>>>> (http://wiki.parisc-linux.org/TestCases?highlight=%28minifail%29) >>>>>> which >>>>>> prevented parisc to stay an official debian port. Basically the >>>>>> flush in >>>>>> copy_user_page together with the TLB patch from commit >>>>>> 7139bc1579901b53db7e898789e916ee2fb52d78 is what fixes the minifail >>>>>> bug. >>>>> Is this series expected to fix the thread related problems I see in the >>>>> git testsuite? >>>> I expect so, if not, please let us know! >>> Ahem... actually: >>> MAYBE!!! >>> >>> The problem is, that you probably will need an updated glibc (and maybe >>> compiler) as well. Dave has done a lot of work to fix stuff. We have >>> copied the most important update-packages to ftp.parisc-linux.org. To >>> update, just make sure the following lines are in your >>> /etc/apt/source.list file: deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-ports >>> unstable main >>> deb ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/debian-ports/unstable unstable main >>> deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main >>> >>> Do *not* just update to the packages of debian-ports.org. If you do that >>> it will render your system unbootable, since the udev-package is broken >>> and it will not find your discs at startup. >>> >>> It's on my todo-list to upload further packages, update the website on how >>> to update your system, and of course to get a buildd working... >> Just a note, these packages are for debian systems. I believe that Eike is >> running gentoo. With respect to glibc, Carlos had a set of changes which I >> submitted to Debian. The full set was accepted around the -30 unstable >> release. >> I think most of these are in gentoo but the matter needs review. > Oh Dave, I wanted to write a mail with "apt-get: no such command" or something > ;) I have tested your patchset you sent on 2012-12-31 and it fixed my git > issues. So it simply boils down to: is everything from that patchset now in > Helge's tree? Mostly. I believe there is still some stuff for entry.S and syscall.S that's not in the tree but I haven't checked. All the cache related changes are mow in Helge's tree plus some other changes. Dave -- John David Anglin dave.anglin@bell.net