linux-kernel - Re: [-mmotm] BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper

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Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:15:25 -0400
From:	"Ryan Hope" <rmh3093@...il.com>
To:	"Dmitry Adamushko" <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>
Cc:	"james toy" <unk.nown@...x.net>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Vegard Nossum" <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [-mmotm] BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper

Thanks for getting back to me on this guys.  Yes I am using mmotm, the
daily -mm broken out tree... THe bug happens while booting, and it
shows up many times. Anyway I checked microcode_intel.c and the
function in question looks like this:

static int __init microcode_intel_module_init(void)
{
       struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(get_cpu());

       if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
               return microcode_init(&microcode_intel_ops, THIS_MODULE);
       else
               return -ENODEV;
}

I will try the changes in he patch in Jame's post.... and report back. THanks.

-Ryan

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:02 AM, Dmitry Adamushko
<dmitry.adamushko@...il.com> wrote:
> 2008/8/26 james toy <unk.nown@...x.net>:
>> Andrew,
>>
>> Yes, ours does look like this -- however when i checked the git diff on git
>> web i found:
>>
>> index d2d9d74..6dd8907 100644 (file)
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_intel.c
>> @@ -531,12 +531,14 @@ static struct microcode_ops microcode_intel_ops = {
>>
>>  static int __init microcode_intel_module_init(void)
>>  {
>> -       struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(get_cpu());
>> +       struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(0);
>
> (err... I'm a bit confused by the use of "fixed" here. The snippet
> posted by Andrew illustrates how it was _before_ the fix,
> i.e. it's the version that causes the "scheduling while atomic" bug).
>
> IOW, If your local version has cpu_data(get_cpu()) in
> microcode_intel_module_init(), then it explains the trace you have
> observed. That also means you are not up-to-date with -next.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Dmitry Adamushko
>
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