[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#526693: Bug#526693: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 61s (wpa_supplicant + jfs)

[Reinhard Tartler]

reassing 526693 linux-latest-2.6
found 526693 2.6.28-1
stop

legolas558 <legolas558 at email.it> writes:

> I am reluctant to agree because it happens also when wpa_supplicant is
> not running and the wifi device is turned off. A very common effect of
> this type of crash is that the JFS filesystem creates a 'stale NFS file'
> at /etc/mtab (I suppose failing to delete it), but the filesystem is
> marked as clean so I have to force a fsck to fix it (root filesystem
> won't mount without being able to write to /etc/mtab).

I've never used jfs myself, but this story does not make me feel more
comfortable to try it out.

> Does the backtrace tell anything relevant?

no, as it is not cause by a crash or something.

> Perhaps we need serial console output?

Perhaps that could be useful.

> I agree that the wpasupplicant is not responsible anyway.

great!

> Package: linux-image-2.6.28-1-686
> Version: 2.6.28-1

I'm reassinging accordingly.

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