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SubjectRe: [BUG] Linux 2.6.25-rc2 - Regression from 2.6.24-rc1-git1 softlockup while bootup on powerpc
Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 19 2008, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:29:13 +0100
>> Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's odd stuff. Could you perhaps try and add some printks to
>>> block/cfq-iosched.c:call_for_each_cic(), like dumping the 'nr' return
>>> from radix_tree_gang_lookup() and the pointer value of cics[i] in the
>>> for() loop after the lookup?
>>>
>> I met the same issue on ia64/NUMA box.
>> seems cisc[]->key is NULL and index for radix_tree_gang_lookup() was
>> always '1'.
>
> Why does it keep repeating then? If ->key is NULL, the next lookup index
> should be 1UL.
>
> But I think the radix 'scan over entire tree' is a bit fragile. This
> patch adds a parallel hlist for ease of properly browsing the members,
> does that work for you? It compiles, but I haven't booted it here yet...
>
>> Attached patch works well for me, but I don't know much about cfq.
>> please confirm.
>
> It doesn't make a lot of sense, I'm afraid.
>
> block/blk-ioc.c | 35 +++++++++++++++--------------------
> block/cfq-iosched.c | 37 +++++++++++--------------------------
> include/linux/iocontext.h | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/blk-ioc.c b/block/blk-ioc.c
> index 80245dc..73c7002 100644
> --- a/block/blk-ioc.c

<snip>

Hi Jens,

Thanks for the patch. The patch works fine, machine boots up without the kernel panic.


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Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM, ISTL.


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