Bug#756171: nfs-kernel-server: nfs timeo option incorrectly documented to be in tenths of a second

2014-07-26 Thread karl anliot
Package: nfs-kernel-server Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, i have been testing nfs on my wheezy system. everything is working ok, but i am using a soft mount with a timeo=40. I believe that in the man file, timeo is documented to be in tenths of a second. however i believe that the actual v

Bug#708070: [PATCH] x86: Reject x32 executables if x32 ABI not supported

2014-07-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
It is currently possible to execve() an x32 executable on an x86_64 kernel that has only ia32 compat enabled. However all its syscalls will fail, even _exit(). This usually causes it to segfault. Change the ELF compat architecture check so that x32 executables are rejected if we don't support th

Bug#756170: nfs-kernel-server: nfs man page lists incorrect info for timeo option

2014-07-26 Thread karl anliot
Package: nfs-kernel-server Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, I believe that the man page for nfs is incorrect. i have been using soft mounts with a timeo=40. the info on the man page says this value is in tenths of a second. i believe that it is actually in seconds. please fix the man page to

Re: Bug#708070: enable x32 support for the amd64 kernels

2014-07-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2014-07-26 at 21:05 +0100, Robert de Bath wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jul 2014, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Sat, 2014-07-26 at 10:52 +0100, Robert de Bath wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Robert de Bath wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Ben Hutchings wrote: > >>> > > What do you mean, reins

Bug#752881: Verified bugfix against kernel v3.2

2014-07-26 Thread Andrew Worsley
Please find attached a patch against mainline kernel v3.2 which works. I git bisected the bug down to the exact revision that caused the problem and then modified a revert of that change compiles against the wheezy kernel and it verified that it avoids the problem. The change relates to failing s

Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc

2014-07-26 Thread Jakub Jelinek
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 10:20:55PM +0200, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > On 2014.07.26 at 15:55 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 09:35:57PM +0200, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > > > > > > But fortunately the workaround for the new inode.c bug is the same as > > > for the origina

Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc

2014-07-26 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > > Yes. The option only affects -g builds. Ok, good. I'll wait a bit to hopefully get confirmation from Michel's setup, but this does seem to be the solution. > So, the option should only be enabled for debugging builds. Something > li

Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc

2014-07-26 Thread Markus Trippelsdorf
On 2014.07.26 at 15:55 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 09:35:57PM +0200, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > > > > But fortunately the workaround for the new inode.c bug is the same as > > for the original bug: -fno-var-tracking-assignments. > > > > It would make sense to enabled

Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc

2014-07-26 Thread Markus Trippelsdorf
On 2014.07.26 at 12:56 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Markus Trippelsdorf > wrote: > > > > But fortunately the workaround for the new inode.c bug is the same as > > for the original bug: -fno-var-tracking-assignments. > > > > It would make sense to enabled it unco

Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc

2014-07-26 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Also, Michel - can you try this patch if you still have your > gcc-4.9.0 install, and send me the resulting fair.s file again? Hmm. The good news is that with that patch, the GCC_COMPARE_DEBUG build succeeds. At least for my small local

Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc

2014-07-26 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > > But fortunately the workaround for the new inode.c bug is the same as > for the original bug: -fno-var-tracking-assignments. > > It would make sense to enabled it unconditionally for all debug > configurations for now. So how is cod

Bug#756145: regression in Linux kernel when using btrfs

2014-07-26 Thread Redalert Commander
Hi, This all works properly when booting from a previous kernel. 3.13.10 (according to uname -a). Best regards, Steven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian

Bug#708070: enable x32 support for the amd64 kernels

2014-07-26 Thread Robert de Bath
On Sat, 26 Jul 2014, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sat, 2014-07-26 at 10:52 +0100, Robert de Bath wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Robert de Bath wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Ben Hutchings wrote: What do you mean, reinstate? This is the same behaviour you get at present. Well, here's a new version th

Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc

2014-07-26 Thread Markus Trippelsdorf
On 2014.07.26 at 11:39 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Linus Torvalds > wrote: > > > > That's a bit worrisome. I haven't actually checked if the code > > generation differs in significant ways yet.. > > Nope. Just three instructions that got re-ordered from ABC to

Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc

2014-07-26 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 09:35:57PM +0200, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > > But fortunately the workaround for the new inode.c bug is the same as > for the original bug: -fno-var-tracking-assignments. > > It would make sense to enabled it unconditionally for all debug > configurations for now. Wha

Bug#756147: scsi-common-modules-3.2.0-4-amd64-di: cannot PXE install on VMware

2014-07-26 Thread Scott Coil
Package: scsi-common-modules-3.2.0-4-amd64-di Severity: important Tags: d-i Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? installing on vmware by way of PXE using netboot initrd * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? creating a local

Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc

2014-07-26 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > That's a bit worrisome. I haven't actually checked if the code > generation differs in significant ways yet.. Nope. Just three instructions that got re-ordered from ABC to CAB in a way that makes no difference. But just the knowledge tha

Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc

2014-07-26 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I'm sure it's possible, but it sounds potentially complicated. Hmm. The bugzilla entry just taught me a new gcc flag: "-fcompare-debug". That apparently makes gcc compile things twice, once with debugging and once without, and verify tha

Bug#756145: linux-image-3.14-1-amd64: btrfs fails to remove missing drive, add new, ...

2014-07-26 Thread Steven Post
Package: src:linux Version: 3.14.12-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Running an up-to-date Jessie system. I had a failing drive in a btrfs raid 10 array (6 drives), I physically removed the drive and added a replacement. Mounting degraded works, but I'm unable to remove the 'missing' device

Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc

2014-07-26 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Hi Michel, On 25/07/14 02:25, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Attached is fair.s from Debian gcc 4.8.3-5. Does that look better? I'm > going to try reproducing the problem with a kernel built by that now. It looks like gcc-4.9 Debian package version 4.9.1-2 available in sid/jessie may have already fixed t

Bug#747922: kernel hang during boot on s390x in a virtual machine under z/VM when logged on to a terminal

2014-07-26 Thread Stephen Powell
I have been working with upstream on this. Upstream has sent me a patch, which I have applied and tested, and it seems to fix the problem. Here is a link to the patch: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/119-3215-hangs.diff This patch is not yet official, but an official patch should be submi

Bug#756134: linux: French debconf templates translation

2014-07-26 Thread David Prévot
Source: linux Version: 3.14.13-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: l10n patch Hi, Please find attached the French debconf templates translation, proofread by the debian-l10n-french mailing list contributors. This file should be put as debian/po/fr.po in your package build tree. Regards David -- System

Re: Bug#708070: enable x32 support for the amd64 kernels

2014-07-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2014-07-26 at 10:52 +0100, Robert de Bath wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Robert de Bath wrote: > > > On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > >> I had an idea how to unblock this, and finally got round to trying it, > >> and it seems to work. That is, we build in x32 support but req

Bug#708070: enable x32 support for the amd64 kernels

2014-07-26 Thread Robert de Bath
On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Robert de Bath wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Ben Hutchings wrote: I had an idea how to unblock this, and finally got round to trying it, and it seems to work. That is, we build in x32 support but require a run-time parameter to enable. So, please try the attached patch (ag

Bug#754420: NULL pointer dereference in set_nfsv4_acl_one()

2014-07-26 Thread Sergio Gelato
See my report of the same bug(*) in Ubuntu at https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/linux/+bug/1348670 (*) identification based on a comparison of the stack traces and on the fact that it is a regression introduced in 3.2.60. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.d