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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:32:50 +0100 From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> To: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, penberg@...helsinki.fi, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, haicheng.li@...el.com, rientjes@...gle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] [4/4] SLAB: Fix node add timer race in cache_reap On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 05:15:35PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 09:54:04PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > cache_reap can run before the node is set up and then reference a NULL > > l3 list. Check for this explicitely and just continue. The node > > will be eventually set up. > > How, may I ask? cpuup_prepare in the hotplug notifier should always > run before start_cpu_timer. I'm not fully sure, but I have the oops to prove it :) -Andi -- ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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