Re: [Bug #10082] 2.6.25-rc2-git4 - Kernel oops while running kernbench and tbench on powerpc

[Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Nish Aravamudan wrote:
> On 4/8/08, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:
>> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
>>  of recent regressions.
>>
>>  The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
>>  from 2.6.24.  Please verify if it still should be listed.
> 
> From a separate thread and my own discussions with Kamalesh, I believe
> this is not actually a regression in 2.6.25-rc*, as some 2.6.24-rc
> kernel displayed the same problem. Unfortunately, it's a little tough
> to automatically bisect as the oops happens intermittently. In the
> other thread, though, Paul mentioned a patch which might fix the issue
> was merged recently.
> 
> Kamalesh, any updates?

Hi Nish,

I tested the 2.6.25-rc8 kernel which already has the patch in it, but still the oops is reproducible.
The oops was reproducible in the second run though.

> 
>>  Bug-Entry       : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10082
>>  Subject         : 2.6.25-rc2-git4 - Kernel oops while running kernbench and tbench on powerpc
>>  Submitter       : Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>  Date            : 2008-02-20 16:01 (49 days old)
>>  References      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/20/218
>>                   http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/18/71
>>  Handled-By      : Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
> 
> Thanks,
> Nish


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Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM, ISTL.