[Cbe-oss-dev] 2.6.26-rc6 kernel bug on PS3?

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Jun 26 08:56:36 EST 2008


> With 2.6.24 (your version from early february) the PS3 hangs completely...
> you have to power cycle the ps3.
> so, it looks like 2.6.26 is a little better... but you have to power off/on
> as well to get rid of the zombie.

Looks like an issue with spufs. Though from your traces, it looks like
it's something that happens when apps quit.

Does your workload involves SPU apps quitting regulary ?

Cheers,
Ben.





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