Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] perf/x86/intel/ds: Delay the threshold update

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Apr 25 2023 - 07:20:22 EST


On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 03:16:29PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> Hello,
>
> kernel test robot noticed "Kernel_panic-not_syncing:Timeout:Not_all_CPUs_entered_broadcast_exception_handler" on:
>
> commit: a17c97370d1fb9b2eac75c85136a1f70ec44eded ("[PATCH V4 2/2] perf/x86/intel/ds: Delay the threshold update")
> url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/kan-liang-linux-intel-com/perf-x86-intel-ds-Delay-the-threshold-update/20230422-024743
> base: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git 15def34e2635ab7e0e96f1bc32e1b69609f14942
> patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230421184529.3320912-2-kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> patch subject: [PATCH V4 2/2] perf/x86/intel/ds: Delay the threshold update
>

> [ 224.064675][ C84] mce: CPUs not responding to MCE broadcast (may include false positives): 0-83,85-223
> [ 224.064681][ C84] Kernel panic - not syncing: Timeout: Not all CPUs entered broadcast exception handler
> [ 225.089881][ C84] Shutting down cpus with NMI
> [ 225.129381][ C84] Kernel Offset: disabled

That seems very unrelated to the patch at hand; was this bisect double
checked?