linux-kernel - Re: intel_pstate_timer_func divide by zero oops

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Date:	Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:25:55 -0400
From:	Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com>
To:	Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@...il.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: intel_pstate_timer_func divide by zero oops

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Dirk Brandewie
<dirk.brandewie@...il.com> wrote:
>>> pid_param_set() is on the stack which means that something is changing
>>> the debugfs parameters or the stack is FUBAR.
>>>
>> I somehow doubt the stack is messed up as the call traces are always
>> identical.
>> (pid_param_set() seems to be in first trace as well.)
>>
>
> I agree that the two oops are likely the same but unless something is
> crawling
> through debugfs writing random values to the files there pid_param_set()
> should not be on any stack anywhere.

Ok.

>
> There was a similar bug reported by fedora:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920289
>
> This bug has not showed up again since rc3 can you try the current rc to see
> if
> you still see the problem?
>

I updated the Fedora BZ - the oops I got is from latest git as of
yesterday. So I think the bug is still there post -rc3.

Parag
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