linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: fix llc shared map unreleased during cpu hotplug

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:52:00 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>,
	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: fix llc shared map unreleased during cpu hotplug

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 03:16:31PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> [  220.262093] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000004
> [  220.262104] IP: [<ffffffff810e7ac9>] find_busiest_group+0x2b9/0xa30
> [  220.262111] PGD 5a9d5067 PUD 13067 PMD 0
> [  220.262117] Oops: 0000 [#3] SMP
> [...]
> [  220.262245] Call Trace:
> [  220.262252]  [<ffffffff810e8396>] load_balance+0x156/0x980
> [  220.262259]  [<ffffffff816eeffe>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2e/0xa0
> [  220.262266]  [<ffffffff810e9aa3>] idle_balance+0xe3/0x150
> [  220.262270]  [<ffffffff816ec4e7>] __schedule+0x797/0x8d0
> [  220.262277]  [<ffffffff816ec934>] schedule+0x24/0x70
> [  220.262283]  [<ffffffff816e9cd9>] schedule_timeout+0x119/0x1f0
> [  220.262294]  [<ffffffff810bb6e0>] ? lock_timer_base+0x70/0x70
> [  220.262301]  [<ffffffff816e9dc9>] schedule_timeout_uninterruptible+0x19/0x20
> [  220.262308]  [<ffffffff810bd3e8>] msleep+0x18/0x20
> [  220.262317]  [<ffffffff813aa11a>] lock_device_hotplug_sysfs+0x2a/0x50
> [  220.262323]  [<ffffffff813aa16e>] online_store+0x2e/0x80
> [  220.262358]  [<ffffffff813a873b>] dev_attr_store+0x1b/0x20
> [  220.262366]  [<ffffffff812292fd>] sysfs_write_file+0xdd/0x160
> [  220.262377]  [<ffffffff811b7e78>] vfs_write+0xc8/0x170
> [  220.262384]  [<ffffffff811b83ca>] SyS_write+0x5a/0xa0
> [  220.262388]  [<ffffffff816f76b9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> 
> Last level cache shared map is built during cpu up and build sched domain 
> routine takes advantage of it to setup sched domain cpu topology, however, 
> llc shared map is unreleased during cpu disable which lead to invalid sched 
> domain cpu topology. This patch fix it by release llc shared map correctly
> during cpu disable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

While the scheduler uses this information, the code you're patching is
very much not scheduler code, therefore your subject line is entirely
wrong.
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