Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:19:33 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86-32: Fix crashes with CPU hotplug on AMD machines |
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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org> Date: Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 08:35:43AM -0400
> > > > The synchronization problem might be real. The cpu_init function uses > > > > per-cpu variables which might not be present in the early synced > > > > tramponline page table (iirc). The change to swapper_pg_dir and the > > > > global tlb flush should probably be moved to the very beginning of the > > > > start_secondary function. > > > > > > > > > > Are you going to submit an updated patch, then? > > > > Yes, I will send it next week when I am back in office and gave it some > > testing. > > currently testing...
Updated versions survived almost 48h of uninterrupted hammering, I'm sending them as a reply to this message...
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
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