* Dr. David Alan Gilbert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Trond Myklebust ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 11:01 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:08:13 +0100 "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > The oops below is from one of a pair of machines that run compiles; > > > > they're not managing to stay up for more than a day or two at a time > > > > this is the first time I've actually managed to capture an oops from > > > > one. > > > > They lock to the point where they still ping, and they won't toggle > > > > capslock. A top left running on them showed it sitting with pdflush > > > > using 99% CPU. > > <snip> > > > > > > > We did a list operation on an already-deleted list_head. > > > > > > That code has changed a lot between 2..22 and 2.6.23-rc2. Hopefully for > > > the > > > better, although I can't immediately find a commit in there which looks > > > like > > > it addresses this bug. > > > > I believe this fix should address it. > > OK, I've got 2.6.23-rc2 with that patch up and running on one of the > boxes; we'll see how long it survives.
Hi Trond, Just to confirm that the patch seems to have done the trick; the machine in question has survived for a little over 2 weeks now (which is probably a record for that machine). Can you confirm whether that fix is actually in the latest 2.6.23 rc or any of the 2.6.22 updates? Thanks, Dave -- -----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code ------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC & HPPA | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
