linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] sched: Fix next_balance logic in rebalance_domains() and idle

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Message-ID: <20140509090805.GK30445@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Fri, 9 May 2014 11:08:05 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Jason Low <jason.low2@...com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, alex.shi@...aro.org,
	preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, efault@....de,
	vincent.guittot@...aro.org, morten.rasmussen@....com, aswin@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] sched: Fix next_balance logic in rebalance_domains()
 and idle_balance()

On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 05:49:22PM -0700, Jason Low wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 15:14 -0700, Jason Low wrote:
> > Hi Ingo, Peter,
> > 
> > Were there NULL domains on the test system? If so, I think we can
> > address the problem by doing update_next_balance() only if the below
> > rcu_dereference_check_sched_domain() returns a non-null domain.
> 
> Also, below is a patch which has the change:
> 

Thanks, and yes, NULL domains are a perfectly normal thing to have
(though not common on normal boot paths).

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