Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 May 2010 16:42:13 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [stable] [113/197] x86, cacheinfo: Calculate L3 indices |
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On 05/12/2010 04:32 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 05/12/2010 04:19 PM, Greg KH wrote: >>> >>> So if K8_NB has failed initializing for some reason, we never go near >>> the pci devs and the node_to_k8_nb_misc() calls since we effectively >>> disable the L3 functionality. >>> >>> Thus the NULL pointer checks you remove in the patch below are >>> superfluous, I agree, and I have already removed those in my tree along >>> with the other improvements/fixes I'm working on right now. >> >> So, was there ever a patch applied that fixed the bug that Jiri found in >> the stable kernels with this original patch that I could apply? >> > > Sounds like this patch in -tip should be promoted to mainline/stable... > could the AMD people please confirm? >
Specifically, "waiting to hit mainline" is not an option since they are currently queued for .35, but we need a minimal fix in .34 -- this is the "stable backport". If this "stable backport" is simply a subset of the patch series then let me know which ones should be moved to urgent and sent to Linus immediately. I obviously don't have access to a setup which can replicate this particular problem.
-hpa
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