Re: Linux 2.6.23-rc9 and a heads-up for the 2.6.24 series..

[Bill Davidsen]

Mel Gorman wrote:
> On (02/10/07 14:15), Ingo Molnar didst pronounce:
> > * Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Dirt. Booting with "profile=sleep,2" is broken in 2.6.23-rc9 and 
> > > 2.6.23-rc8 but working in 2.6.22. I was checking it out as part of a 
> > > discussion in another thread and noticed it broken in -mm as well 
> > > (2.6.23-rc8-mm2). Bisect is in progress but suggestions as to the 
> > > prime candidates are welcome or preferably, pointing out that I'm an 
> > > idiot because I missed twiddling some config change.
> > Mel, does the patch below fix this bug for you? (Note: you will need to 
> > enable CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS=y too.)
>
> Nice one Ingo - got it first try. The problem commit was
> dd41f596cda0d7d6e4a8b139ffdfabcefdd46528 and it's clear that the code removed
> in this commit is put back by this latest patch.  When applied, profile=sleep
> works as long as CONFIG_SCHEDSTAT is set.
And if it isn't set? I can easily see building a new kernel with stats 
off and forgetting to change the boot options.

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Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
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