Re: [BUG] next-20081216 - WARNING: at kernel/smp.c:333smp_call_function_mask

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Dec 26 2008 - 10:36:15 EST



* Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> * Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2008-12-26 11:27:16]:
>
> > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 02:05:47AM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > > Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> > > > * Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> [2008-12-24 12:34:41]:
> > > >
> > > >> --
> > > >
> > > > After the applying the patch, the kernel panic's with the same backtrace. The
> > > > box is running Fedora 5 on it.
> > > >
> > >
> > > please try...
> > > Ingo, do we need to switch to use #idef and inline function instead?
> >
> > I recall David Howells had a similar issue with the bootparamter patch set.
> > The workaround he used was to add a barrier(); call in the weak function
> > to avoid the inline.
> >
> > [full context kept as I added David to to: list].
> > Sam
> >
>
> Hi Yinghai,
>
> Thanks, after applying the patch, the kernel boot's up fine.

how about the patch below, does that work too? (after removing Yinghai's
patch)

Ingo

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