From: <bug...@bu...> - 2010-08-26 19:18:58
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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16376 --- Comment #35 from Martin Steigerwald <Martin@Lichtvoll.de> 2010-08-26 19:18:39 --- So I am indeed bisecting this, but it is slow - cause last time just after 5 reboots and hours of testing the kernel froze after I marked it as good and started compiling the next one and since I did not find a git bisect undo to do git bisect bad after it, I used git bisect reset and git bisect start from that commit as bad to v2.6.33 as good - and how I am stuck: martin@shambhala:~/Computer/Shambhala/Kernel/2.6.33-2.6.34-bisect/linux-2.6> git bisect log # bad: [64ba9926759792cf7b95f823402e2781edd1b5d4] Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd # good: [60b341b778cc2929df16c0a504c91621b3c6a4ad] Linux 2.6.33 git bisect start '64ba9926759792cf7b95f823402e2781edd1b5d4' 'v2.6.33' # skip: [d3ae8562d43fe2b97d605dd67dc67bf8fa9b956a] usb: host: ehci: fix missing kfree in remove path also git bisect skip d3ae8562d43fe2b97d605dd67dc67bf8fa9b956a # good: [8bd93a2c5d4cab2ae17d06350daa7dbf546a4634] rcu: Accelerate grace period if last non-dynticked CPU git bisect good 8bd93a2c5d4cab2ae17d06350daa7dbf546a4634 # skip: [5be796f0b842c5852d7397a82f8ebd6be8451872] USB: ch341: use get_unaligned_le16 in break_ctl git bisect skip 5be796f0b842c5852d7397a82f8ebd6be8451872 I ran into a non booting kernel with d3ae8562d43fe2b97d605dd67dc67bf8fa9b956a, it oopsed with a backtrace in ext4 and readahead I don't want to think about deeply, so I skipped it. Then it put me just a few revisions after 2.6.33, a kernel that didn't make much sense for me to test - I did nonetheless, it was good as expected. Then it took me just a few revision after the non working kernel. Consequently this one didn't boot as well and I skipped it. After that git bisect took me prior to 2.6.33, git log from 5be796f0b842c5852d7397a82f8ebd6be8451872 gives me 296 commit 6b7b284958d47b77d06745b36bc7f36dab769d9b 297 Author: Linus Torvalds <tor...@li...> 298 Date: Thu Dec 24 13:09:41 2009 -0800 299 300 Linux 2.6.33-rc2 on line 300. But I told git that v2.6.33 was good. It can't be serious about asking me to test a kernel *prior* to 2.6.33! Testing is really slow as as it seems even after the fifth reboot and some hours of uptime it can still freeze. So I need about half a day to be quite sure that a kernel is good. I won't waste my time going prior to 2.6.33 which is known good to make this experience even more painful that it was already. So I ask for advice on how to proceed. Well at least its clear now, that the freeze was introduced way prior to 2.6.34-rc1. I would have liked it the other way around. According to git its still martin@shambhala:~/Computer/Shambhala/Kernel/2.6.33-2.6.34-bisect/linux-2.6> git bisect skip Bisecting: 2518 revisions left to test after this (roughly 11 steps) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. |