Re: 2.6.16-rc5-mm1

Jesper Juhl
2006-03-06T00:05:44Z

On 3/2/06, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
> "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On 3/2/06, Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 3/1/06, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > 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
> >> >
> >>
> >> Haven't had time to test this one yet, and won't have time until tomorrow :(
> >>
> >
> > I just tested this kernel and it builds and runs just fine. Can't
> > crash it with my eclipse test case.
> >
> >>
> >> > and http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/2.6.16-rc5-mm1.2.gz is
> >>
> >> I've tested this one and I can't crash it with eclipse like I could
> >> plain old 2.6.16-rc5-mm1
> >>
> >
> > With all the recent patches and proposed patches and discussions about
> > various approaches to fix this I've lost track.
> >
> > What kernel with what patches applied and/or reverted would it make
> > the most sense for me to test now, in order to provide the most useful
> > testing?
>
> So it looks like we have this tracked and fixed. Andrew included my
> fix in:
> http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/2.6.16-rc5-mm2-pre1.gz
>
> So just confirming that the fixed actually worked would probably be
> the biggest help.
>
> The problem should be fixed unless there is something else that
> triggers the horrible and mysterious kernel death. So you are
> getting the same results as everyone else.
>

2.6.16-rc5-mm2 works fine for me. Can't crash it with eclipse.

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