Re: [PATCH] random: Fix kernel panic due to system_wq use before init

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Tue Sep 20 2016 - 10:04:22 EST


On Mon, 19 Sep, at 01:09:22PM, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 09/19/2016 10:51 AM, Matt Fleming wrote:
> >On Mon, 19 Sep, at 10:48:12AM, Waiman Long wrote:
> >>With this patch applied, I am able to successfully boot both the 16-socket
> >>12-TB and 8-socket 6TB configurations without problem.
> >>
> >>Tested-by: Waiman Long<Waiman.Long@xxxxxxx>
> >
> >Could you please show your dmesg after booting with efi=debug? The
> >part I'm interested in is the dump of the EFI memory map.
>
> Attached is the output of dmesg with efi=debug.

Bingo. There's some more type conversion bugs in the pat code, that's
the real bug.

Here's what I've got queued up, along with the first patch I sent.

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