From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751425Ab0IGE4N (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:56:13 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:50719 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751061Ab0IGE4F (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:56:05 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 06:55:53 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Alexander van Heukelum Cc: mingo@redhat.com, "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hch@lst.de, Thomas Gleixner , linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [tip:x86/irq] x86: Always use irq stacks Message-ID: <20100907045553.GA20770@elte.hu> References: <20100628121554.GA6605@lst.de> <20100903150041.GA30573@elte.hu> <1283799222.15941.1393621887@webmail.messagingengine.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1283799222.15941.1393621887@webmail.messagingengine.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Alexander van Heukelum wrote: > On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:00 +0200, "Ingo Molnar" wrote: > > > > * tip-bot for Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > > Commit-ID: 7974891db234467eaf1fec613ec0129cb4ac2332 > > > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/7974891db234467eaf1fec613ec0129cb4ac2332 > > > Author: Christoph Hellwig > > > AuthorDate: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:15:54 +0200 > > > Committer: Thomas Gleixner > > > CommitDate: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:12:59 +0200 > > > > > > x86: Always use irq stacks > > > > [...] > > > > Checking out 7974891db2 and building+booting a kernel with this config > > causes shows the crash. > > > > Checking out 7974891db2~1 and building+booting a kernel with this config > > gives a working system. > > > > Note that tip:x86/irq has these commits currently: > > > > 1813a68: x86: Move alloc_desk_mask variables inside ifdef > > 2589737: x86-32: Align IRQ stacks properly > > dcfa726: x86: Remove CONFIG_4KSTACKS > > 7974891: x86: Always use irq stacks > > Hello Ingo, Christoph, ... > > There is still a problem with the alignment of the irq stacks. Maybe it's only > theoretical, but I think the attached patch is necessary. (Attached because > I'm sending it via a web interface.) > > Please test and apply :). This apparently solved the crash, thanks a lot Alexander! Ingo