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SubjectRe: [BUG] i386 2.6.18 cpu_up: attempt to bring up CPU 4 failed : kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:2698!
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:

> Index: linux-2.6.18/mm/page_alloc.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.18.orig/mm/page_alloc.c 2006-09-20 12:42:06.000000000 +0900
> +++ linux-2.6.18/mm/page_alloc.c 2006-09-22 12:22:03.000000000 +0900
> @@ -1844,9 +1844,11 @@
>
> for_each_zone(zone) {
> struct per_cpu_pageset *pset = zone_pcp(zone, cpu);
> -
> - zone_pcp(zone, cpu) = NULL;
> - kfree(pset);
> + /* When canceled, zone_pcp still points to boot_pageset[] */
> + if (zone_pcp(zone, cpu) != &boot_pageset[cpu]) {
> + zone_pcp(zone, cpu) = NULL;
> + kfree(pset);
> + }
> }
> }
>

Regardless of whether the zone's per_cpu_pageset was set before the slab
allocator came up or not, it still needs to be NULL before returning from
here. Only when it is allocated through kmalloc_node does it need kfree,
however.

David
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