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From: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
To: Michael Breuer <mbreuer@majjas.com>
Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Subject: Re: Bisected rcu hang (kernel/sched.c): was 2.6.33rc4 RCU hang mm spin_lock deadlock(?) after running libvirtd - reproducible.
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:19:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1264317584.6446.9.camel@marge.simson.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B5BE96A.8000304@majjas.com>

On Sun, 2010-01-24 at 01:32 -0500, Michael Breuer wrote:

> That commit solves my crash. Was my first time bisecting... thought I 
> got it right. With the referenced commit, the system crashed when 
> libvirtd was started, at the previous commit, it didn't crash. 
> Regardless, the commit in tip fixes the issue. Hopefully it'll solve 
> some of the other reported RCU hangs as well. Looks like the change for 
> freshly cloned tasks is key.

Great, and yeah, the freshly cloned bit is the fix for your scenario.

	-Mike


  reply	other threads:[~2010-01-24  7:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-09 22:21 2.6.33RC3 Sky2 oops - Driver tries to sync DMA memory it has not allocated Michael Breuer
2010-01-10 20:10 ` 2.6.33RC3 libvirtd ->sky2 & rcu oops (was Sky2 oops - Driver tries to sync DMA memory it has not allocated) Michael Breuer
2010-01-12  1:49   ` Paul E. McKenney
2010-01-13 18:43     ` 2.6.33rc4 RCU hang mm spin_lock deadlock(?) after running libvirtd - reproducible Michael Breuer
2010-01-13 18:58       ` Paul E. McKenney
2010-01-24  2:49       ` Bisected rcu hang (kernel/sched.c): was " Michael Breuer
2010-01-24  5:59         ` Mike Galbraith
2010-01-24  6:32           ` Michael Breuer
2010-01-24  7:19             ` Mike Galbraith [this message]
2010-01-25 16:03         ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-25 16:14           ` Michael Breuer

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