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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: mroos@linux.ee
Cc: iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	cl@linux.com, penberg@kernel.org, rientjes@google.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: unaligned accesses in SLAB etc.
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 17:32:46 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141014.173246.921084057467310731.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.11.1410150012001.11850@adalberg.ut.ee>

From: mroos@linux.ee
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:19:36 +0300 (EEST)

>> > I'd like to know that your another problem is related to commit
>> > bf0dea23a9c0 ("mm/slab: use percpu allocator for cpu cache").  So,
>> > if the commit is reverted, your another problem is also gone
>> > completely?
>> 
>> The other problem has been present forever.
> 
> Umm? I am afraid I have been describing it badly. This random 
> SIGBUS+SIGSEGV problem is new - I have not seen it before.

Sorry, I thought it was the same bug that causes git corruptions
for you.  I misunderstood.

> I have been able to do kernel compiles for years on sparc64 (modulo 
> specific bugs in specific configurations) and 3.17 + start/end swap 
> patch seems also stable for most machine. With yesterdays git + align 
> patch, it dies with SIGBUS multiple times during compilation so it's a 
> new regression for me.
> 
> Will try reverting that commit tomorrow.

If that fails, please try to bisect, it will help us a lot.

> My only other current sparc64 problems that I am seeing - V210/V440 die 
> during bootup if compiled with gcc 4.9 and V480 dies with FATAL 
> exceptions during bootups since previous kernel release. Maybe also 
> exit_mmap warning - I do not know if they have been fixed, I see them 
> rarely.

The gcc-4.9 case is interesting, are you saying that a gcc-4.9 compiled
kernel works fine on other systems?

  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-14 21:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-12  2:15 unaligned accesses in SLAB etc David Miller
2014-10-12 17:20 ` David Miller
2014-10-13 20:22   ` mroos
2014-10-13 23:52     ` Joonsoo Kim
2014-10-14  0:04       ` David Miller
2014-10-14  0:14         ` Joonsoo Kim
2014-10-14 21:19         ` mroos
2014-10-14 21:32           ` David Miller [this message]
2014-10-15  8:04             ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-15 18:36               ` David Miller
2014-10-15 20:11                 ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-16  3:11                   ` David Miller
2014-10-16  7:22                     ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-16 20:11                       ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-16 20:18                         ` David Miller
2014-10-16 21:38                     ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-19  4:32                       ` David Miller
2014-10-19  7:07                         ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-20 18:57                           ` David Miller
2014-10-22 20:39                             ` David Miller
2014-10-22 23:22                               ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-23 17:02                                 ` David Miller
2014-10-23 21:22                                   ` David Miller
2014-10-24  4:54                                     ` Sam Ravnborg
2014-10-24 16:53                                       ` David Miller
2014-10-24  7:49                                     ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-24 16:45                                       ` David Miller
2014-10-16  7:02             ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-16 20:07               ` David Miller
2014-10-16 20:16                 ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-16 20:20                   ` David Miller
2014-10-16 20:50                     ` David Miller
2014-10-17 11:12                       ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-18 17:59                         ` David Miller
2014-10-18 18:23                           ` David Miller
2014-10-19 12:31                             ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-19 17:12                               ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-19 17:18                                 ` David Miller
2014-10-19 15:32                             ` Sam Ravnborg
2014-10-19 17:27                               ` David Miller
2014-10-19 19:55                                 ` Sam Ravnborg
2014-10-16 20:20                 ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-16 20:40                   ` Meelis Roos
2014-10-12 17:22 ` Joonsoo Kim
2014-10-12 17:30   ` David Miller
2014-10-12 17:43     ` Joonsoo Kim

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