2008/6/21 David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Something is screwey here... Hmmm... > > When I added the changeset in question, it fixed a problem in that > any backtrace of a kernel thread would loop forever at the end. > Any stack backtrace would hang or reach a safety limit (such as > the one imposed by lockdep). > > Please double check that you are precisely reverting this patch > below _before_ doing these tests: > > commit a051bc5bb1ac6dc138d529077fa20cbbc6622d95 Yes, I am sure. It runs without this commit and hangs with it. I can connect serial console, but if it is a infinite loop it will not provide more info. $ git log arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c commit 99d3b2d0d3df1fa171a7ee1d2d3a92f540873b15 Author: alexb <alexb@sparky> Date: Thu Jun 19 18:49:46 2008 +0400 Revert "sparc64: Fix kernel thread stack termination." This reverts commit a051bc5bb1ac6dc138d529077fa20cbbc6622d95. commit a051bc5bb1ac6dc138d529077fa20cbbc6622d95 Author: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed May 21 18:14:28 2008 -0700 sparc64: Fix kernel thread stack termination. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html