Re: 2.6.16-rc5-mm1

Andrew Morton
2006-03-01T10:44:05Z

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.