Re: 2.6.10-rc1-mm2: konqueror crash because of cputime patches

[Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>]

[intentional fullquote]

On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 04:51:23PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > Yes, on a Dual Opteron with web browsing.  Similar with firefox.
> > 
> > Can you, please, send me your .config?
> > 
> > There's something nasty going on here.
> > 
> > For konqueror vs 2.6.10-rc1-mm2, I have the problem reproduced on the dual 
> > Opteron machine, although the konqueror itself is different (3.3.1) than on 
> > the UP box (3.2.3): it (ie the konqueror) starts normally, but crashes when
> > try to open an arbitrary web page (eg linuxtoday.com).
> 
> Well, an arbitrary web page need not be sufficient.  Apparently, the web page 
> needs to contain JavaScript to make konqueror crash.  Also, when JavaScript 
> is disabled in konqueror, it works normally, so I assume that it crashes on 
> an attempt to execute JavaScript.
> 
> [-- snip]
> > I think I'll first try to play with the .config settings.  Then, I'll search 
> > through the patches.
> 
> Done.  Evidently, if the cputime patches:
> 
> cputime-introduce-cputime-fix.patch
> cputime-introduce-cputime.patch
> cputime-missing-pieces.patch
> 
> are reversed, konqueror works fine again on 2.6.10-rc1-mm2 (verified on two 
> different systems).
> 
> I have created a bugzilla entry for it at:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3675
> 
> If you need any more information, please let me know and I'll post it there.

Ok thanks. I will leave it to Martin to figure out. 

-Andi