Re: [BUG] warning at kernel/cpu.c:38/lock_cpu_hotplug()

Dave Jones
2006-09-22T23:05:33Z

On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 01:45:16AM +0300, S.Çağlar Onur wrote:
> Hi;
>
> With kernel-2.6.18, "modprobe cpufreq_stats" always (i can reproduce) gaves
> following;
>
> ...
> Lukewarm IQ detected in hotplug locking
> BUG: warning at kernel/cpu.c:38/lock_cpu_hotplug()
> [<b0134a42>] lock_cpu_hotplug+0x42/0x65
> [<b02f8af1>] cpufreq_update_policy+0x25/0xad
> [<b0358756>] kprobe_flush_task+0x18/0x40
> [<b0355aab>] schedule+0x63f/0x68b
> [<b01377c2>] __link_module+0x0/0x1f
> [<b0119e7d>] __cond_resched+0x16/0x34
> [<b03560bf>] cond_resched+0x26/0x31
> [<b0355b0e>] wait_for_completion+0x17/0xb1
> [<f965c547>] cpufreq_stat_cpu_callback+0x13/0x20 [cpufreq_stats]
> [<f9670074>] cpufreq_stats_init+0x74/0x8b [cpufreq_stats]
> [<b0137872>] sys_init_module+0x91/0x174
> [<b0102c81>] sysenter_past_esp+0x56/0x79

Ah yes, cpufreq vs hotplug cpu locking. The eternal battle continues.

Andrew, did we arrive at concensus about how we should fix this?
I'm still of the opinion that it should be ripped out
completely, and started from scratch.

Dave