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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	tj@kernel.org, npiggin@kernel.dk, rientjes@google.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SLAB changes for v2.6.39-rc1
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:26:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110324172653.GA28507@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikb8rtSX5hQG6MQF4quymFUuh5Tw97TcpB0YfwS@mail.gmail.com>


* Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Mar 2011, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> >> FYI, some sort of boot crash has snuck upstream in the last 24 hours:
> >>
> >>  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff87ffc147e020
> >>  IP: [<ffffffff811aa762>] this_cpu_cmpxchg16b_emu+0x2/0x1c
> >
> > Hmmm.. This is the fallback code for the case that the processor does not
> > support cmpxchg16b.
> 
> How does alternative_io() work? Does it require
> alternative_instructions() to be executed. If so, the fallback code
> won't be active when we enter kmem_cache_init(). Is there any reason
> check_bugs() is called so late during boot? Can we do something like
> the totally untested attached patch?

Does the config i sent you boot on your box? I think the bug is pretty generic 
and should trigger on any box.

Thanks,

	Ingo

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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	tj@kernel.org, npiggin@kernel.dk, rientjes@google.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SLAB changes for v2.6.39-rc1
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:26:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110324172653.GA28507@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikb8rtSX5hQG6MQF4quymFUuh5Tw97TcpB0YfwS@mail.gmail.com>


* Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Mar 2011, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> >> FYI, some sort of boot crash has snuck upstream in the last 24 hours:
> >>
> >>  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff87ffc147e020
> >>  IP: [<ffffffff811aa762>] this_cpu_cmpxchg16b_emu+0x2/0x1c
> >
> > Hmmm.. This is the fallback code for the case that the processor does not
> > support cmpxchg16b.
> 
> How does alternative_io() work? Does it require
> alternative_instructions() to be executed. If so, the fallback code
> won't be active when we enter kmem_cache_init(). Is there any reason
> check_bugs() is called so late during boot? Can we do something like
> the totally untested attached patch?

Does the config i sent you boot on your box? I think the bug is pretty generic 
and should trigger on any box.

Thanks,

	Ingo

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-24 17:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 134+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-22 14:40 [GIT PULL] SLAB changes for v2.6.39-rc1 Pekka Enberg
2011-03-22 14:40 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 14:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 14:41   ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 16:50     ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 17:26       ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2011-03-24 17:26         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 17:43         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 17:43           ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 17:56           ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 17:56             ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 18:01             ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 18:01               ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 18:06               ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 18:06                 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 18:15                 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 18:15                   ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 18:20                   ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-24 18:20                     ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-24 18:47                     ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 18:47                       ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 18:51                       ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-24 18:51                         ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-24 19:02                         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 19:04                           ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 19:04                             ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 18:55                       ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 18:55                         ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 18:59                         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 18:59                           ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 19:03                           ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 19:03                             ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 19:05                             ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 19:05                               ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 19:14                               ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 19:14                                 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 19:36                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 19:36                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 19:41                                   ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 19:41                                     ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 19:51                                     ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 19:51                                       ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 20:01                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 20:01                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 20:08                                       ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-24 20:08                                         ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-24 20:43                                         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 20:43                                           ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-25 15:13                                           ` Tejun Heo
2011-03-25 15:13                                             ` Tejun Heo
2011-03-25 15:45                                             ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-25 15:45                                               ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-27  9:59                                       ` Avi Kivity
2011-03-27  9:59                                         ` Avi Kivity
2011-03-24 19:02                         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-24 19:02                           ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-27  9:57                       ` Avi Kivity
2011-03-27  9:57                         ` Avi Kivity
2011-03-24 18:13         ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 18:13           ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 19:27           ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 19:27             ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 19:29             ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 19:29               ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 18:52         ` [boot crash #2] " Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 18:52           ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 19:10           ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-24 19:10             ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-24 19:22             ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 19:22               ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 19:27               ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 19:27                 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-25 20:00                 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-25 20:00                   ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-26 11:27                 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-26 11:47                   ` [PATCH] slub: Disable the lockless allocator Ingo Molnar
2011-03-26 11:47                     ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-26 17:45                     ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-26 17:45                       ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-26 19:18                       ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-26 19:18                         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-26 19:30                         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-26 19:30                           ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-26 19:49                           ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-26 19:49                             ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-26 19:57                             ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-26 19:57                               ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-26 21:36                               ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-26 21:36                                 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-26 20:00                             ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-26 20:00                               ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-26 22:18                             ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-27  1:29                               ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-27  1:57                                 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-27  7:52                                   ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-27  7:52                                     ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-28 10:32                                     ` [PATCH] percpu: avoid extra NOP in percpu_cmpxchg16b_double Eric Dumazet
2011-03-28 10:32                                       ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-28 13:46                                       ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-28 13:46                                         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-28 16:06                                         ` Tejun Heo
2011-03-28 16:06                                           ` Tejun Heo
2011-03-28  6:12                                   ` [PATCH] slub: Disable the lockless allocator Pekka Enberg
2011-03-28  6:12                                     ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-28  6:19                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-28  6:19                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-28  6:25                                       ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-28  6:25                                         ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-28  6:36                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-28  6:36                                           ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-28  7:26                                           ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-28  7:26                                             ` Eric Dumazet
2011-03-28 13:44                                           ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-28 13:44                                             ` Christoph Lameter
2011-03-28  7:35                                     ` Tejun Heo
2011-03-28  7:35                                       ` Tejun Heo
2011-03-26 19:30                         ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-26 19:30                           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-26 17:58                   ` [boot crash #2] Re: [GIT PULL] SLAB changes for v2.6.39-rc1 Linus Torvalds
2011-03-26 17:58                     ` Linus Torvalds
2011-03-24 19:16           ` Call Trace:Re: " Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-24 19:16             ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-24 19:23             ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 19:23               ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 20:04               ` Gustavo F. Padovan
2011-03-24 20:04                 ` Gustavo F. Padovan
2011-03-24 16:03   ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 16:03     ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 16:14     ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 16:14       ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 17:07       ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 17:07         ` Pekka Enberg
2011-03-24 17:21         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-24 17:21           ` Ingo Molnar

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