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Re: [kdb] 2.6.29-rc2 patches are broken for x86

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Subject: Re: [kdb] 2.6.29-rc2 patches are broken for x86
From: Martin Hicks <mort@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:05:19 -0600
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 03:16:54PM -0600, Martin Hicks wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying to get patches for 2.6.29-rc out, but I've been unable
> to get it working correctly for x86_64.  The patches are here
> 

...

> This happens right in the "nasty" interrupt stack fix-up at the
> end of kdba_get_stack_info_alternate()
> 
> Any ideas why this be happening?  Did I mis-merge somewhere?

d99015b1abbad743aa049b439c1e1dede6d0fa49 is first bad commit
commit d99015b1abbad743aa049b439c1e1dede6d0fa49
Author: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Wed Nov 19 01:18:11 2008 +0100

That's the commit that breaks kdb.  I still haven't figured out how this
changes the stack contents when the fixup happens.

mh

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