lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2006]   [Apr]   [3]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Fw: 2.6.16 crashes when running numastat on p575

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Nathan Lynch wrote:

> In this case, disabling preempt around the for_each_online_cpu loop
> would prevent any cpu from going down in the meantime. But since this
> function doesn't look like it's a hot path, and we're potentially
> traversing lots of zones and cpus, lock_cpu_hotplug might be preferable.
>
> As Paul noted, the fix as it stands isn't adequate.

There are many other for_each_*_cpu loops in the kernel that do not have
any of the instrumentation you suggest. I suggest you come up with a
general solution and then go through all of them and fix this. Please be
aware that many of these loops are performance critical.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2006-04-03 19:45    [W:0.105 / U:0.120 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site