Re: 2.6.24-rc1-gb4f5550 oops

Ingo Molnar
2007-11-14T16:00:47Z

* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> wrote:

> > > I suspect I see the bug in that area, but I am not sure it can
> > > explain this trace completely.
> >
> > there's a fix pending from Dmitry - please see below. It took days
> > for Grant to trigger the crash so it needs some time to be confirmed
> > but it could explain the crash in theory.
>
> Yes I agree, it can explain the crash.
>
> However, this patch can't fix the bug I was talking about (of course,
> unless I missed something). It is still possible that the
> "fair_sched_class" task can have ->se.cfs_rq/parent pointing to the
> freed memory, no?

yeah, agreed. I've queued up your fix for merging - thanks!

Ingo