linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc7

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Date:	Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:46:26 +0200
From:	Andre Noll <maan@...temlinux.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc7

On 09:31, Christoph Lameter wrote:

> > Andre, does that simple change fix it for you (move the 
> > "local_irq_enable()" to the end of early_kmem_cache_node_alloc)?
> 
> Yes that should make the lock checker happy since interrupts are disabled 
> when calling add_partial(). local_irq_enable can be called later without a 
> problem. Useless longer interrupt hold off though.

I can confirm that the message disappears if local_irq_enable() is moved
to the end of the function.

> SLUB: Make lockdep happy by not calling add_partial with interrupts 
> enabled during bootstrap
> 
> If we move the local_irq_enable() to the end of the function then
> add_partial() in early_kmem_cache_node_alloc() will be called
> with interrupts disabled like during regular operations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>

Tested-By: Andre Noll <maan@...temlinux.org>

Thanks for the quick response and the fix, Linus and Christoph.

Andre
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