linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-git8 kernel oops at __rb_rotate

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Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:29:16 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ibm.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-git8 kernel oops at __rb_rotate_left+0x7/0x70

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 04:52:26PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> > We (myself, Kamalesh and Dhaval) have tested the patch below, w/o 
> > being able to recreate the problem. The patch allows for 
> > task_new_fair() to be called even for the case when child is being 
> > added to another cpu's runqueue.
> 
> yes, and your fix is the better one, it goes into the next batch of 
> fixes.

Have that patch submitted too.  Somewhen we'll have some more results.

-apw
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