Re: 2.6.16-rc5-mm1

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@free.fr> wrote:
>
> Le 01.03.2006 01:21, Andrew Morton a écrit :
>  > Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@free.fr> wrote:
>  > 
>  >>BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000034
>  > 
>  > 
>  > I booted that thing on five machines, four architectures :(
>  > 
>  > Could people please test a couple more patchsets, see if we can isolate it?
>  > 
>  > http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/2.6.16-rc5-mm1.1.gz
>  > 
>  > is 2.6.16-rc5-mm1 minus:
>  > 
>  > proc-make-proc_numbuf-the-buffer-size-for-holding-a.patch
>  > tref-implement-task-references.patch
>  > proc-dont-lock-task_structs-indefinitely.patch
>  > proc-dont-lock-task_structs-indefinitely-git-nfs-fix.patch
>  > proc-dont-lock-task_structs-indefinitely-cpuset-fix.patch
>  > proc-optimize-proc_check_dentry_visible.patch
> 
>  Ok, 2.6.16-rc5-mm1.1 works for me:
>  - I can run java from command line in runlevel 1
>  - I can launch Mozilla in X

Useful, thanks.  So the second batch of /proc patches are indeed the problem.

If you have (even more) time you could test
http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/2.6.16-rc5-mm2-pre1.gz. 
That's the latest of everything with the problematic sysfs patches reverted
and Eric's recent /proc fixes.