Like sched_migrate_task(), set_cpus_allowed_ptr() should hold onto the migration thread too. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra --- kernel/sched.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c @@ -7033,8 +7033,12 @@ int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_str if (migrate_task(p, cpumask_any_and(cpu_online_mask, new_mask), &req)) { /* Need help from migration thread: drop lock and wait. */ + struct task_struct *mt = rq->migration_thread; + + get_task_struct(mt); task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags); wake_up_process(rq->migration_thread); + put_task_struct(mt); wait_for_completion(&req.done); tlb_migrate_finish(p->mm); return 0; -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/