Re: [patch 00/21] 2.6.19-stable review

Chuck Ebbert
2007-02-21T20:24:36Z

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:31:41 -0500
>> Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> wrote:
>>> What is the status of:
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.20/2.6.20-mm2/broken-out/x86_64-mm-simplfy-__assign_irq_vector.patch
>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.20/2.6.20-mm2/broken-out/x86_64-mm-handle-irqs-pending-in-irr-during-irq-migration.patch
>>
>> That's mainly an Andi decision. Let's cc him.
>>
>>> They fix a serious bug that causes machines to freeze up
>>> or just run very slowly.
>>>
>>> I'd like to see these in -stable if possible.
>> They're not even in mainline yet.
>
> If you don't have it you at least want the patch below. It generally
> makes the bug non-fatal.
>
> I'm still working my way through possible fixes... Although the
> patch in question is close, and normally fixes it in my utmost
> paranoia I can still find problems with it.

We've tested it and found no problems so far. It's definitely
better than what's there now. :)