ftrace introduces instability into kernel 2.6.27(-rc2,-rc3)
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Aug 21 07:37:51 EST 2008
> Hmm... so whats now?
>
> Is there a way to prove this scenario is indeed the one that caused the
> opps?
I've verified in sim that the crash in do_lookup() I was seeing (similar
backtrace) was indeed caused by an interrupt coming between those two
instructions and clobbering the saved GPRs.
So I think it's very likely our problem.
Ben.
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