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Message-ID: <5407FB37.2070306@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:40:07 +0900
From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...ux.intel.com>
CC: <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, <x86@...nel.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
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>,
Zhang Yang <yang.z.zhang@...el.com>,
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] x86, hotplug: fix llc shared map unreleased during
cpu hotplug
(2014/09/04 14:20), Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
>> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000004
>> IP: [..] find_busiest_group
>> PGD 5a9d5067 PUD 13067 PMD 0
>> Oops: 0000 [#3] SMP
>> [...]
>> Call Trace:
>> load_balance
>> ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>> idle_balance
>> __schedule
>> schedule
>> schedule_timeout
>> ? lock_timer_base
>> schedule_timeout_uninterruptible
>> msleep
>> lock_device_hotplug_sysfs
>> online_store
>> dev_attr_store
>> sysfs_write_file
>> vfs_write
>> SyS_write
>> system_call_fastpath
>>
>> 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.
>
> Very little is said in this changelog about how the bug was
> found, how likely it is to occur for others, what systems are
> affected, etc.
Hi Wanpeng,
In my understanding, the panic occurs by just onlining CPU as follows:
echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online
So, how about add the information?
Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ingo
>
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