linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: fix env->src

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Message-ID: <20130213200226.GA14465@brouette>
Date:	Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:02:26 +0100
From:	Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@...il.com>
To:	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linaro-dev@...ts.linaro.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: fix env->src_cpu for active migration

> Bingo, that was the problem in my setup: as the patch was applied
> through a script with others, I had missed the error message about the
> conflict (I have also another conflict which can be safely ignored so
> the new one did not catch my eye)... So the patch was only
> half-applied, and the final code is broken.

> How did you solve the conflict (I am not a scheduler expert)? I can
> retry running the patched kernel with your resolution, to check if
> everything is ok.

After looking a bit more, the conflict resolution seemed straighforward,
so I gave it a go. The attached version booted fine, so the initial
problem was purely PEBCAK... Sorry for the noise!

-- 
Damien

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