Re: Simple script that locks up my box with recent kernels

Jesper Juhl
2006-10-07T21:02:49Z

On 07/10/06, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> >
> > Which has worked great in the past, but with recent kernels it has
> > been a sure way to cause a complete lockup within 1 hour :-(
>
> Reliable lock-ups (and "within 1 hour" is quite quick too) are actually
> great.
>
> > 2.6.17.13 .
> > The first kernel where I know for sure it caused lockups is
> > 2.6.18-git15 . I've also tested 2.6.18-git16, 2.6.18-git21 and
> > 2.6.19-rc1-git2 and those 3 also lock up solid.
>
> Can I bother you to just bisect it?
>
Sure, but it will take a little while since building + booting +
starting the test + waiting for the lockup takes a fair bit of time
for each kernel and also due to the fact that my git skills are pretty
limited, but I'll figure it out (need to improve those git skills
anyway) :-)

I'll be back with more info.

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