Any plans for a 2.2.14 patch?

[Christos D. Antonopoulos]

Dave Higgen wrote:
> 
> Subject basically says it.  I tried the 2.2.13 patch on a 2.2.14 kernel
> and it can be made to apply without too much fuzz.
> 
> But the resulting kernel has a tendency to hang occasionally when you
> hit the 'break' key.
> 
> I supect it may be an SMP issue; I do get the "Entering kdb" message but
> nothing after that, and looking at the code, the next thing that happens
> after that is an interprocessor interrupt to stop the other processor.
> And it does look as if there have been some changes involving APICs etc
> between 2.2.13 & 2.2.14...?
> 
> Thanks for any info or suggestions,
> 
>         Dave Higgen


I have experienced the same problem (some hangs) even on a 2.2.13
kernel. I think (I am not sure though) that this happens when break is
pressed while there is disk I/O undergoing. Can anyone else confirm my
observation ?

Thanks

Christos Antonopoulos