Re: [3.8-rc1] Networking problems after pulling-in net.git#master

[Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 04:14:39AM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> after reading the thread "Regression in 3.8-rc1: "BUG: sleeping
>>> function called from invalid context"" [1] I decided to pull-in
>>> net.git#master (up to commit 9b1536c490d5: "bridge: call
>>> br_netpoll_disable in br_add_if") on top of Linus upstream.
>>>
>>> With this kernel I can't neither ping my router nor does DNS work.
>>> IIRC there were 6 commits, not sure which of them is culprit.
>>>
>>> I tried the v3.8-rc1-raring from [2] which works nicely here on
>>> Ubuntu/precise AMD64.
>>> Can't say if NetworkManager is involved or not.
>>
>> Does that mean that with Linus upstream, i.e. 3.8-rc1, you can ping your
>> router, etc?
>>
>> If so, you could bisect the 6 commits...
>>
>
> Nah, he said that b-word :-).
> The machine I am working on has some hardware damage (keyboard gets
> not detected on bios start or even within daily-work, recently I could
> not type further while writing an email, so raping that machine is not
> a good idea. I could bisect within a reduced localmodconfig setup. No
> big promises...)
>

Starting bisect session with a "localmodconfig" setup... (bad: last
commit and good: v3.8-rc1)...

- Sedat -

[1] http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Good-and-quick-kernel-configuration-creation-1403046.html
[2] http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-bisect.html

> - Sedat -
>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Regards/Gruss,
>>     Boris.
>>
>> Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
>> --