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

Paul E. McKenney
2011-07-09T10:09:14Z

On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 05:29:03PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> 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?

Hello, Julie,

Any news?

Thanx, Paul