linux-kernel - Re: Boot failure on x86_64 (OOPS set_cpu_sibling

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Date:	Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:11:35 +0530
From:	Sachin Sant <sachinp@...ibm.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
CC:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Boot failure on x86_64 (OOPS set_cpu_sibling_map() )

Borislav Petkov wrote:
> I can't trigger it here, please send me your .config. In the meantime,
> you could try the following:
>
> --
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> index 3ede593..5fd57fe 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> @@ -1070,6 +1070,7 @@ void __init native_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
>  	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
>  		zalloc_cpumask_var(&per_cpu(cpu_sibling_map, i), GFP_KERNEL);
>  		zalloc_cpumask_var(&per_cpu(cpu_core_map, i), GFP_KERNEL);
> +		zalloc_cpumask_var(&per_cpu(cpu_node_map, i), GFP_KERNEL);
>  		zalloc_cpumask_var(&cpu_data(i).llc_shared_map, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	}
>  	set_cpu_sibling_map(0);
>   
Thanks for the patch Borislav. With this patch i can boot next on my x86_64 box.

Regards
-Sachin

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Sachin Sant
IBM Linux Technology Center
India Systems and Technology Labs
Bangalore, India
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