Graphics hardware is NV250 type card. Some quick testing last night showed this patch fixed both the boot messages and graphics performance. [tip:x86/urgent] rbtree: Undo augmented trees performance damage and regression http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127833440902862&w=2 On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (Rafael, Maciej: two probably-separate post-2.6.34 regressions here) > > On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:22:17 +1000 > Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> Some extra messages when booting with -rc4. Didn't get them in -rc3. >> [ 1.387013] swapper:1 freeing invalid memtype bf788000-bf789000 >> [ 1.387409] swapper:1 freeing invalid memtype bf789000-bf78a000 >> [ 5.999675] modprobe:548 freeing invalid memtype d0000000-d0040000 >> [ 6.068347] modprobe:548 freeing invalid memtype d0140000-d0150000 >> [ 6.068647] modprobe:548 freeing invalid memtype d0150000-d0160000 >> [ 6.069661] modprobe:548 freeing invalid memtype d0170000-d01f0000 >> [ 6.085969] modprobe:548 freeing invalid memtype d01f0000-d0200000 >> [ 6.087673] modprobe:548 freeing invalid memtype d0210000-d0220000 >> [ 6.087900] modprobe:548 freeing invalid memtype d0220000-d0230000 >> [ 6.088092] modprobe:548 freeing invalid memtype d0230000-d0240000 >> [ 6.088317] modprobe:548 freeing invalid memtype d0240000-d0250000 > > hrmpf, one of those wonderful messages where neither it nor its source > code give you any clue regarding what caused it nor how to fix it. > > please, apply this: > > --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c~a > +++ a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c > @@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ int free_memtype(u64 start, u64 end) > entry = rbt_memtype_erase(start, end); > spin_unlock(&memtype_lock); > > - if (!entry) { > + if (WARN_ON(!entry)) { > printk(KERN_INFO "%s:%d freeing invalid memtype %Lx-%Lx\n", > current->comm, current->pid, start, end); > return -EINVAL; > > > and let's at least see where it's coming from. > >> Not sure if its related, but also have a noticeable performance issue with graphics under rc4. >> Dragging and resizing windows, screen updates, and jumpy cursor are all slow. >> Playing a full screen video under vlc gets only 1-2 frames per second, but plays fine under rc3. >> Tested a kernel compile, it was roughly the same. >> Userspace is ubunutu 10.04 64bit. >> >> Any hints? Otherwise will start a bisect tomorrow night. >> >> Config attached, lspci, rc3 and rc4 boot messages below: > > What graphics hardware are you using? > > _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
