From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755572AbZBOTmF (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:42:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752306AbZBOTlw (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:41:52 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f20.google.com ([209.85.220.20]:56491 "EHLO mail-fx0-f20.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752221AbZBOTlw (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:41:52 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=M4bOgZk0kQA5QX4TOb5Og4uMbHLxNGVgwxpxYoqOHKDVKuGC3o52isjb2U8MY69w2L 0vqHRavZcsKFQ36E/RiE5RY5leGIKb6zqkcB5ZsUHR4ANzYafB2q0r6wazPa56cmPvOD 6XlbPOLh0PPUxetNsvTqLiiOPPJyAa8/BRwrs= Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:41:48 +0100 From: Frederic Weisbecker To: Sitsofe Wheeler Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Poking ieee80211_default_rc_algo causes kernel lockups Message-ID: <20090215194147.GB5790@nowhere> References: <20090215170214.GK5835@nowhere> <883216.75749.qm@web110607.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <883216.75749.qm@web110607.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:24:41AM -0800, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: > > Could you please enable the CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP option in your kernel? > > > It's on Kernel Hacking > Detect Soft Lockups. > > With some chances you will have a relevant stacktrace of the lockup, in case > > I couldn't reproduce it. > > I'll try (the kernel I'm currently using is jam packed with with debug options) but I'm unconvinced it will unfreeze enough for anything useful... No need to actually, I guess we found it...