linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25-rc4: crash on boot when SMP enabled

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Date:	Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:16:54 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc4: crash on boot when SMP enabled

Hi!

> > Quad-Core AMD Opteron...
> > Checking TSC Synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#3]: passed
> > BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 00...005958
> > IP: __alloc_pages+0x38
> > ...
> > Call trace:
> > kmem_getpages
> > cache_grow
> > ____cache_alloc_node
> > cpuup_callback
> > kmem_cache_alloc_node
> > cpuup_callback
> > notifier_call_chain
> > _cpu_up
> 
> could you try latest x86.git:
> 
>     http://people.redhat.com/mingo/x86.git/README
> 
> does it fix it? Could be one of the numa fixes that are queued up.

I did an update to 2.6.25-rc4, and problem is now gone. Seems like
something really fixed it ;-).
								Pavel
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