linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/mm/cpa: Convert noop to functional fix

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Message-ID: <20130412052402.GA3887@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:24:02 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
Cc:	tip-bot for Andrea Arcangeli <tipbot@...or.com>,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hpa@...or.com, apw@...onical.com, bp@...en8.de,
	stefan.bader@...onical.com, mgorman@...e.de, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/mm/cpa: Convert noop to functional fix


* Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 02:29:18PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > * tip-bot for Andrea Arcangeli <tipbot@...or.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Commit-ID:  f76cfa3c2496c462b5bc01bd0c9340c2715b73ca
> > > Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/f76cfa3c2496c462b5bc01bd0c9340c2715b73ca
> > > Author:     Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
> > > AuthorDate: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:28:25 +0200
> > > Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> > > CommitDate: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:34:42 +0200
> > > 
> > > x86/mm/cpa: Convert noop to functional fix
> > 
> > I think it's this commit that causes the following cpa-selftest failure:
> > 
> > CPA self-test:
> > ffff880038000000 level 2 but not PSE 8000000038000062
> > ffff880038200000 level 2 but not PSE 8000000038200062
> > ffff880038400000 level 2 but not PSE 8000000038400062
> > ffff880038600000 level 2 but not PSE 8000000038600062
> > ffff880038800000 level 2 but not PSE 8000000038800062
> > ffff880038a00000 level 2 but not PSE 8000000038a00062
> > ffff880038c00000 level 2 but not PSE 8000000038c00062
> > ffff880038e00000 level 2 but not PSE 8000000038e00062
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> >  4k 134128 large 250 gb 0 x 1[ffff88000009a000-ffff88000009a000] miss 0
> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > WARNING: at arch/x86/mm/pageattr-test.c:226 pageattr_test+0x3e1/0x410()
> > NOT PASSED. Please report.
> > Pid: 32, comm: pageattr-test Not tainted 3.9.0-rc6+ #222036
> > Call Trace:
> >  [<ffffffff8104fdd3>] warn_slowpath_common+0x62/0x7b
> >  [<ffffffff8104fe5a>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x48
> >  [<ffffffff8102b3d9>] ? lookup_address+0xad/0x127
> >  [<ffffffff8102c766>] pageattr_test+0x3e1/0x410
> >  [<ffffffff8102c795>] ? pageattr_test+0x410/0x410
> >  [<ffffffff8102c7af>] do_pageattr_test+0x1a/0x3d
> >  [<ffffffff81070a8d>] kthread+0xa2/0xaa
> >  [<ffffffff810709eb>] ? __kthread_parkme+0x65/0x65
> >  [<ffffffff81aad73c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
> >  [<ffffffff810709eb>] ? __kthread_parkme+0x65/0x65
> > ---[ end trace 582fec3a45bb42b7 ]---
> > device: 'vcs2': device_add
> 
> This looks a warning resulting from a false positive in the CPA self
> test, not a bug in f76cfa3c2496c462b5bc01bd0c9340c2715b73ca. I'll send
> a patch to correct it. I can't reproduce it here so it would be great
> if you could test the fix on your system above to verify.

Will do, thanks Andrea!

	Ingo
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