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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:51:39 -0700
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: Re: Regression in RCU subsystem in latest mainline kernel
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On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:31:12PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-06-15 at 12:21 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-06-14 at 22:17 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2013-06-15 at 12:02 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2013-06-14 at 17:06 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > > > I was pretty much able to reproduce this on my PA Semi PPC box. Funny
> > > > > thing is, when I type on the console, it makes progress. Anyway, it
> > > > > seems that powerpc has an issue with irq_work(). I'll try to get some
> > > > > time either tonight or next week to figure it out.
> > > > 
> > > > Does this help ?
> > > 
> > > It did for me. Rojhalat, did this fix your issue too?
> > 
> > Ok, adding that to what I'm about to send to Linus.
> 
> Feel free to add: Tested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

Thank you both!!!

							Thanx, Paul