linux-kernel - Re: Kernel WARNING splat in 3.14-rc1

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Date:	Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:08:11 -0600
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Kernel WARNING splat in 3.14-rc1

On 02/03/2014 02:39 PM, David Rientjes wrote:
> Commit c65c1877bd68 ("slub: use lockdep_assert_held") incorrectly required
> that add_full() and remove_full() hold n->list_lock.  The lock is only
> taken when kmem_cache_debug(s), since that's the only time it actually
> does anything.
>
> Require that the lock only be taken under such a condition.
>
> Reported-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

You may add a "Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>". The patch 
cleans up the splat on my system. Thanks for the quick response.

Larry

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