linux-kernel - Re: lockdep: access percpu variable too early

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Date:	Wed, 6 Mar 2013 21:37:30 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: lockdep: access percpu variable too early

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> * Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > What's the practical effect of it? Do we copy the value from the boot CPU and
>> > thus the secondary CPUs start with slightly increased stats?
>>
>> Yes, it is the major effect.
>>
>> Also the arch dependent __my_cpu_offset might be initialized a bit late.
>
> I suspect we could try to fix it - post-initializing it after percpu setup sounds
> like a viable option, if it does not get too ugly.

OK, I may post a patch for review, but the arch dependent __my_cpu_offset
still need to be initialized very early.

Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
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