Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:43:25 -0500 (CDT) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] SLAB changes for v2.6.39-rc1 |
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2011, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > How does alternative_io() work? Does it require > > alternative_instructions() to be executed. If so, the fallback code > > won't be active when we enter kmem_cache_init(). Is there any reason > > check_bugs() is called so late during boot? Can we do something like > > the totally untested attached patch? > > Does the config i sent you boot on your box? I think the bug is pretty generic > and should trigger on any box.
The bug should only trigger on old AMD64 boxes that do not support cmpxchg16b.
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