Re: [Bug #10872] x86_64 boot hang when CONFIG_NUMA=n

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Jul 08 2008 - 11:46:21 EST


On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:16:29 +0200 Ingo Molnar wrote:

>
> * Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > $ git bisect start
> > > $ git bisect bad v2.6.26-rc1
> > > $ git bisect good v2.6.25
> > >
> > > That's only about 1.29M lines of changes.
> >
> > git bisect and normal rebooting did not find a problem.
> >
> > I'll repeat this using kexec to boot the new kernel and see if that
> > locates any issues... since I normally use kexec to load/test new
> > kernels and that was how the failure occurred (occurs).
>
> ah, so the hang only occurs if you kexec a post-v2.6.25 kernel? (from
> any other kernel, or from a post-v2.6.25 kernel?)

Host (first) kernel is 2.6.25 with NUMA=y.
kexec of 2.6.25 with NUMA=n works, kexec of 2.6.26-rc[123456789] with
NUMA=n fails/hangs. kexec of 2.6.26-rc* with NUMA=y works.

kernel configs will be in next email reply to YH.

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