From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Dietmar Eggemann" <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
"Michel Dänzer" <michel@daenzer.net>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>,
"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:24:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140723182413.GC3935@laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFwQSmBAs=QH9jAZz5JY7YFrDeuPH1RjFH+YKVr2NQM38g@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:12:35AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 09:54:23AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >>
> >> And I wonder if I have a clue. Look, load_balance_mask is a
> >> "cpumask_var_t", but I don't see a "alloc_cpumask_var()" for it.
> >> That's broken with CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK.
> >
> > kernel/sched/core.c:sched_init()
> >
> > plays horrible allocation tricks..
>
> No it does not. It allocates a cpumask. Nothing more. If you think it
> allocates a "cpumask_var()", you are wrong.
I was merely saying 'something' got allocated, but yes I'll agree its
not a cpumask_var_t thingy.
> I agree that the code is an unreadable mess, but that's what
> "cpumask_size()" is: the minimum required size of the bitmask in a
> cpumask.
Latest patch cures at least this part of that mess.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-23 18:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <53C77BB8.6030804@daenzer.net>
2014-07-17 7:58 ` Random panic in load_balance() with 3.16-rc Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-18 9:29 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-22 6:13 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-23 3:53 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-23 4:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-23 6:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 8:05 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-23 8:28 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 9:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 9:31 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-23 9:45 ` Dietmar Eggemann
2014-07-23 11:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 11:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 14:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 14:38 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-23 15:51 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <20140723155526.GW3935@laptop>
2014-07-23 16:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-23 17:03 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 17:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-23 17:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-23 18:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 18:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-23 18:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 18:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-23 19:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 19:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-24 1:43 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-24 18:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-24 18:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-25 1:25 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-25 2:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-25 2:50 ` Nick Krause
2014-07-25 2:36 ` Nick Krause
2014-07-25 3:55 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2014-07-25 4:00 ` Nick Krause
2014-07-25 14:02 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-07-25 18:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-25 19:10 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-07-25 20:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-25 20:13 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-07-25 21:25 ` Jakub Jelinek
2014-07-26 18:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-26 18:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-26 19:35 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2014-07-26 19:55 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-26 20:20 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2014-07-26 22:08 ` Jakub Jelinek
2014-07-26 19:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-26 20:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-26 20:19 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2014-07-26 20:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-28 12:26 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2014-07-28 13:10 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-28 14:11 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2014-07-28 16:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-28 17:27 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2014-07-28 18:09 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2014-07-28 18:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-28 18:41 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2014-07-29 8:58 ` Jakub Jelinek
2014-07-28 19:50 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-07-28 3:47 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-28 16:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-29 2:29 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-08-05 3:19 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-07-26 18:02 ` Steven Chamberlain
2014-07-29 9:20 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-25 6:48 ` Jakub Jelinek
2014-07-25 8:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-25 9:03 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-25 9:21 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2014-07-25 9:42 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2014-07-23 18:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-23 18:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 18:24 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2014-07-23 17:04 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 17:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-07-23 18:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 18:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-23 10:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-24 7:18 ` Michel Dänzer
2014-07-24 7:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-07-24 9:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
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