-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Ravikiran G Thirumalai 2.6.19 stopped booting (or booted based on build/config) on our x86_64 systems due to a bug introduced in 2.6.19. check_nmi_watchdog schedules an IPI on all cpus to busy wait on a flag, but fails to set the busywait flag if NMI functionality is disabled. This causes the secondary cpus to spin in an endless loop, causing the kernel bootup to hang. Depending upon the build, the busywait flag got overwritten (stack variable) and caused the kernel to bootup on certain builds. Following patch fixes the bug by setting the busywait flag before returning from check_nmi_watchdog. I guess using a stack variable is not good here as the calling function could potentially return while the busy wait loop is still spinning on the flag. I would think this is a good candidate for 2.6.19 stable as well. [akpm@osdl.org: cleanups] Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai Signed-off-by: Shai Fultheim Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Chris Wright --- arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- linux-2.6.19.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c +++ linux-2.6.19/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static __init void nmi_cpu_busy(void *da int __init check_nmi_watchdog (void) { - volatile int endflag = 0; + static int __initdata endflag; int *counts; int cpu; @@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ int __init check_nmi_watchdog (void) if (!atomic_read(&nmi_active)) { kfree(counts); atomic_set(&nmi_active, -1); + endflag = 1; return -1; } endflag = 1; -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/