Bug 11174

Summary:	powertop segfault because of kernel BUG
Product:	Power Management	Reporter:	Mircea Gherzan (mgherzan)
Component:	Other	Assignee:	power-management_other
Status:	CLOSED CODE_FIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	2.6.27-rc1	Subsystem:
Regression:	Yes	Bisected commit-id:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	10492
Attachments:	relevant dmesg output

Description Mircea Gherzan 2008-07-29 16:34:16 UTC

Latest working kernel version: 2.6.25.11
Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.27-rc1
Distribution: Debian Sid
Hardware Environment: Fujitsu-Siemens E8110, Intel T2400, 1.5 GB
Software Environment: Gnome 2.22
Problem Description: powertop segfauls after gathering initial stats

Steps to reproduce: start powertop, wait until it crashes, check dmesg

Comment 1 Mircea Gherzan 2008-07-29 16:35:11 UTC

Created attachment 17024 [details]
relevant dmesg output

Comment 2 Andrew Morton 2008-07-29 16:45:56 UTC

yeah, sorry, we screwed up the changes in sched_mc_power_savings_show.
It'll be fixed soon...

Comment 3 Mircea Gherzan 2008-11-13 07:09:42 UTC

Fixed in .27