Subject: Re: -next: Nov 12 - kernel BUG at kernel/sched.c:7359!

From: Gautham R Shenoy <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:28:01 +0530

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 06:10:31PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
> index 1f2e99d..62df61c 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched.c
> @@ -2377,6 +2377,9 @@ static int try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state,
>  	task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
> 

How about this ?

again:
  	cpu = p->sched_class->select_task_rq(p, SD_BALANCE_WAKE, wake_flags);
 	if (!cpu_online(cpu))
 		cpu = cpumask_any_and(&p->cpus_allowed, cpu_active_mask);
	if (!cpu) {
		set_task_affinity(); 
		goto again;
	}
> +
>  	if (cpu != orig_cpu) {
>  		local_irq_save(flags);
>  		rq = cpu_rq(cpu);

Will it help further narrow down the window ?
> 
> 
> Something I think Mike also tried and didn't deadlock for him..
> 
> Sachin, Mike, could you try the above snippet and verify if it does
> indeed solve your respective issues?
> 
> /me prays it does, because otherwise I'm fresh out of clue...

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Thanks and Regards
gautham