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SubjectRe: [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.

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> wrote:
> The bug should only trigger on old AMD64 boxes that do not support
> cmpxchg16b.

Yup. Ingo is it possible to see /proc/cpuinfo of one of the affected
boxes? I'll try your config but I'm pretty sure the problem doesn't
trigger here. Like I said, I think the problem is that alternative
instructions are not patched early enough for cmpxchg16b emulation to
work for kmem_cache_init(). I tried my check_bugs() patch but it hangs
during boot. I'll see if I can cook up a patch that does
alternative_instructions() before kmem_cache_init() because I think
those *should* be available during boot too.

Pekka


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