On 2009-02-21 09:07 (-0800), walt wrote: > I'm using the current git.git to bisect a bug in Linus.git. > > I got this far and then ran into trouble: > good 2.6.29-rc5-00094-gc951aa6 > bad 2.6.29-rc5-00112-g3501033 > > A glance at git log will show that those two commits were > both from Feb 17 with only one other commit between them. > > So, why does this happen?: > > $git bisect start 3501033 c951aa6 > Bisecting: 8 revisions left to test after this > be716615fe596ee117292dc615e95f707fb67fd1] x86, vm86: fix preemption bug Someone will probably give real explanation but non-linear development is part of it: $ git log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit c951aa6..3501033 * 3501033 Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git:// [...] |\ | * be71661 x86, vm86: fix preemption bug | * e49590b x86, olpc: fix model detection without OFW | * b13e246 x86, hpet: fix for LS21 + HPET = boot hang | * 7ad9de6 x86: CPA avoid repeated lazy mmu flush | * 34b0900 x86: warn if arch_flush_lazy_mmu_cpu is called in [...] | * d85cf93 x86/paravirt: make arch_flush_lazy_mmu/cpu disable [...] | * be03d9e x86, pat: fix warn_on_once() while mapping 0-1MB range [...] | * 4f06b04 x86/cpa: make sure cpa is safe to call in lazy mmu mode | * 9f339e7 x86, ptrace, mm: fix double-free on race * 8ce9a75 Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git:// [...] |\ | * 9af8814 iommu: fix Intel IOMMU write-buffer flushing | * 2fff78c futex: fix reference leak * b30b774 Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/ [...] * 26456dc powerpc/vsx: Fix VSX alignment handler for regs 32-63 * 0047656 powerpc/ps3: Move ps3_mm_add_memory to device_initcall * 06eccea powerpc/mm: Fix numa reserve bootmem page selection * fbc78b0 powerpc/mm: Fix _PAGE_CHG_MASK to protect _PAGE_SPECIAL -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
