linux-kernel - Re: [linus:master] [sched/eevdf] 2227a957e1: BUG:kernel_NULL_pointer

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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 09:54:29 +0800
From: Oliver Sang <oliver.sang@...el.com>
To: Honglei Wang <wanghonglei@...ichuxing.com>
CC: <oe-lkp@...ts.linux.dev>, <lkp@...el.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>,
	<yu.c.chen@...el.com>, Tiwei Bie <tiwei.btw@...group.com>, Abel Wu
	<wuyun.abel@...edance.com>, <oliver.sang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [linus:master] [sched/eevdf] 2227a957e1:
 BUG:kernel_NULL_pointer_dereference,address

hi, Honglei,

On Thu, Feb 01, 2024 at 09:29:30AM +0800, Honglei Wang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2024/1/30 22:09, Oliver Sang wrote:
> > hi, Abel,
> > 
> > On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 06:13:32PM +0800, Abel Wu wrote:
> > > On 1/30/24 3:24 PM, kernel test robot Wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > (besides a previous performance report),
> > > > kernel test robot noticed "BUG:kernel_NULL_pointer_dereference,address" on:
> > > > 
> > > > commit: 2227a957e1d5b1941be4e4207879ec74f4bb37f8 ("sched/eevdf: Sort the rbtree by virtual deadline")
> > > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> > > > 
> > > > [test failed on linus/master 3a5879d495b226d0404098e3564462d5f1daa33b]
> > > > [test failed on linux-next/master 01af33cc9894b4489fb68fa35c40e9fe85df63dc]
> > > > 
> > > > in testcase: trinity
> > > > version: trinity-i386-abe9de86-1_20230429
> 
> Hi Oliver,
> 
> I'm a bit curious, did the problem happen on i386 only? Did you hit it on
> x86_64 or other platform with the same trinity testcases?

we did not observe same issue on x86_64 so far.

we can run performance tests with this commit on x86_64 (compiled with gcc-12).
FYI, we sent out a performance report before this crash one.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/202401292151.829b01b0-oliver.sang@intel.com/

> 
> Thanks,
> Honglei