On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 08:29:37PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > 38d47c1b7075bd7ec3881141bb3629da58f88dab is first bad commit > > commit 38d47c1b7075bd7ec3881141bb3629da58f88dab > > Author: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Fri Sep 26 19:32:20 2008 +0200 > > > > futex: rely on get_user_pages() for shared futexes > > > > On the way of getting rid of the mmap_sem requirement for shared futexes, > > start by relying on get_user_pages(). > > > > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> > > > However does a futex change make ext3 crap its pants? I agree, this doesn't make much sense. I've looked at the patch, and I don't see how this would cause an ext3 orphaned-inode list handling problem Are you sure the bisect was done correctly? Have you tried reverting that one commit, or otherwise conclusively shown that a kernel with this commit fails, and one without this commit works just fine? - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html