Package: kernel-source-2.6.8 Version: 2.6.8-15 Severity: normal Tags: patch
If you set in the config CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y and have CONFIG_SMP=n then the various spinlock checks in the kernel can cause the kernel to crash, an example of one of these spinlock checks is the code: BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&some_lock)); the BUG() will kill the kernel in this scenario. These spinlock checks are in Debian's 2.6.8, a patch was accepted into mainline that fixes this problem, it is located at this URL: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0501.3/1026.html The Debian kernel configurations do not have this combination of configs set for the kernel-images, so this is not incredibly critical, but someone building their own kernel could set this configuration and run into this problem. micah -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (300, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages kernel-source-2.6.8 depends on: ii binutils 2.15-5 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii bzip2 1.0.2-5 high-quality block-sorting file co ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities ii fileutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU file management utilities -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
