Query about: ARM11 MPCore: preemption/task migration cache coherency
From: Will Deacon <hidden>
Date: 2012-05-11 08:51:50
From: Will Deacon <hidden>
Date: 2012-05-11 08:51:50
Bill, On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 10:11:05AM +0100, bill4carson wrote:
I'm using ARM11 MPCore on linux-2.6.34, unfortunately I have random panic/segment fault with task migration. I noticed a patch set [ARM11 MPCore: preemption/task migration cache coherency fixups] to fix such issues in here: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2011-October/069851.html It seems there is no follow ups, is there official patch to fix such issues?
Let's be honest: you haven't given us a lot to go on here. Perhaps you could answer the following? (1) Do you experience the same issues with a more recent kernel? (2) If you apply the patches linked to above, does it fix your problem? (3) If you can reproduce on current mainline, do you have a testcase? (4) Does disabling CONFIG_PREEMPT make the problem disappear? That should provide us with some information about the problem. Thanks, Will