From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail138.messagelabs.com (mail138.messagelabs.com [216.82.249.35]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 320326B0095 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:22:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:22:09 -0600 (CST) From: Christoph Lameter Subject: Re: [PATCH] [4/4] SLAB: Fix node add timer race in cache_reap In-Reply-To: <20100215103250.GD21783@one.firstfloor.org> Message-ID: References: <20100211953.850854588@firstfloor.org> <20100211205404.085FEB1978@basil.firstfloor.org> <20100215061535.GI5723@laptop> <20100215103250.GD21783@one.firstfloor.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: Andi Kleen Cc: Nick Piggin , penberg@cs.helsinki.fi, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, haicheng.li@intel.com, rientjes@google.com List-ID: On Mon, 15 Feb 2010, Andi Kleen wrote: > > How, may I ask? cpuup_prepare in the hotplug notifier should always > > run before start_cpu_timer. > > I'm not fully sure, but I have the oops to prove it :) I still suspect that this has something to do with Pekka's changing the boot order for allocator bootstrap. Can we clarify why these problems exist before we try band aid? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org