Re: [stable] Regression in 2.6.32.2: segfault on halt

Mike Galbraith
2009-12-21T09:35:48Z

(hm, linux@vger.kernel.org bounces, changes to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org)

On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 10:29 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 10:20 +0100, Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
> > (back on list)
> >
> > Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > > OK, please try the below. If that fixes the problem, woohoo. If not,
> > > it'd be best to try pulling/trying full tip to see _if_ there's an
> > > existing fix.
> > >
> > > commit 6ad4c18884e864cf4c77f9074d3d1816063f99cd
> > > Author: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
> > > Date: Wed Nov 25 13:31:39 2009 +0100
> > >
> > > sched: Fix balance vs hotplug race
> >
> > Woohoo! :)
> > I ironed this over a clean .32.2 and halt works fine again, without
> > reverting anything. Guess this should go into the next stable ASAP.
>
> Excellent (color _me_ relieved;). Thanks a bunch for confirmation.
>
> -Mike