Re: PROBLEM: 3.0-rc kernels unbootable since -rc3

Paul E. McKenney
2011-07-08T00:29:16Z

On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 09:47:03PM +0100, julie Sullivan wrote:
> > What happens if you revert only these two?
> >
> > f8b7fc6b514f34a51875dd48dff70d4d17a54f38 rcu: Move RCU_BOOST #ifdefs to
> > header f a46e0899eec7a3069bcadd45dfba7bf67c6ed016 rcu: use softirq instead
> > of kthreads ex
> >
> > If that works, perhaps we should try to break down a46e0899ee into
> > smaller pieces to see what is causing the trouble.
>
> OK, if I revert those two only on v3.0-rc4, it boots.

Very good. I have created a new jms.2011.07.07a branch in the -rcu
git tree at:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu.git

Could you please try out the six commits on that branch and let me
know which of them work for you?

Thanx, Paul