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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] preempt: Debug for possible missed preemption checks
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:08:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140117090856.GE11314@laptop.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140116211214.581197e5.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 09:12:14PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:57:51 -0500 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> 
> > When PROVE_LOCKING and PREEMPT is configured, the preempt state
> > tracking is active. Testing this out, I added a module that did the
> > following:
> 
> So I assume your kernel at least has no instances of this bug, so we
> don't need the patch ;) It *is* a fairly daft thing to do.

Yeah, its exceedingly daft, but I do run into it every so often. Say
once a year or so.

Also, its usually not really a problem on 'normal' kernels, but it
absolutely blows on -rt.

  reply	other threads:[~2014-01-17  9:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-17  4:57 [RFC][PATCH] preempt: Debug for possible missed preemption checks Steven Rostedt
2014-01-17  5:12 ` Andrew Morton
2014-01-17  9:08   ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2014-01-18 23:44   ` Steven Rostedt
2014-01-19  0:52     ` Stephen Rothwell
2014-01-19  1:08       ` Steven Rostedt
2014-01-21 23:50         ` Stephen Rothwell
2014-01-22 19:47 ` Paul Gortmaker
2014-01-22 20:09   ` Steven Rostedt

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