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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
To: Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Hard lockups running X with 2.5.38-bk4, -bk5 and -mm3
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:55:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D939062.9C44B2B8@digeo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1033078474.1306.43.camel@spc9.esa.lanl.gov

Steven Cole wrote:
> 
> I only recently started testing 2.5.x kernels with X, and have
> immediately run into problems.
> 
> My new test system is a Dell GX110 single PIII, IDE (Intel 82801AA IDE),
> 256MB memory.  The 2.5.38-bk4,5 and -mm3 kernels were SMP (due to
> not having Rusty's cpu_possible fix), non-PREEMPT.
> 
> Running XFree86 4.2.1, I get a hard lockup with the box not responsive
> to pings.  Ssh sessions don't respond and the pointer does not respond
> to mouse movements.  This occurs very soon (2-3 minutes) after starting
> X with 2.5.38-bk4 and -bk5.  I was able to run 2.5.38-mm3 for about 30
> minutes under load (kernel compiles) before a freeze occurred.  I ran
> 2.5.38-mm3 again for about 20 minutes with X and under load before a
> second lockup occurred.  Sorry, nothing logged, and when the freezes
> occur, there is no response to SYSRQ-H,S or B.  SYSRQ-H works as
> expected before the freeze.
> 
> Without running X on this system, no freezes have been observed with any
> of these kernels with the system loaded by running kernel compiles and
> dbench with up to 40 clients.
> 

Me too.  deadlocks on tasklist_lock.  Some fixes went into Linus's
tree a few hours ago, so please retest.

  reply	other threads:[~2002-09-26 22:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-26 22:14 Hard lockups running X with 2.5.38-bk4, -bk5 and -mm3 Steven Cole
2002-09-26 22:55 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2002-09-30 15:37   ` Steven Cole

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