Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc3

Jesse Brandeburg
2006-08-02T04:31:24Z

On 7/31/06, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> > core_initcall() would suit. That's actually a bit late for this sort of
> > thing, but we can always add a new section later if it becomes a problem.
> > I'd suggest that we ensure that srcu_notifier_chain_register() performs a
> > reliable BUG() if it gets called too early.
>
> Here's a patch to test. I can't try it out on my machine because
> 2.6.18-rc2-mm1 (even without the patch) crashes partway through a
> suspend-to-disk, in a way that's extremely hard to debug. Some sort of
> spinlock-related bug occurs within ioapic_write_entry.

can't test because I also can't suspend or hibernate with rc2-mm1
(resume causes hard hang with the backlight and screen off) The issue
i reported was against linus' 2.6.18-rc3 kernel.

patch didn't apply to 2.6.18-rc3.

Thanks,
Jesse