On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 12:29:18 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
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> Sami Farin <safari-kernel@safari.iki.fi> writes:
... 
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> Can you reproduce it with a non tainted kernel without any patches like CFS applied?

I tried without CFS and it Oopsed just as nicely,
the only difference was that in call trace before
:oprofile:wq_sync_buffer there's now cache_reap.

Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff80231988>] get_task_mm+0x18/0x50
 [<ffffffff88316b64>] :oprofile:sync_buffer+0xf4/0x450
 [<ffffffff88316650>] :oprofile:wq_sync_buffer+0x0/0x60
 [<ffffffff88316683>] :oprofile:wq_sync_buffer+0x33/0x60
 [<ffffffff80289f10>] cache_reap+0x0/0x130
 [<ffffffff80243269>] run_workqueue+0x89/0x120
 [<ffffffff80243cf7>] worker_thread+0xc7/0x130
 [<ffffffff802474d0>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
 [<ffffffff80243c30>] worker_thread+0x0/0x130
 [<ffffffff802470cd>] kthread+0x4d/0x80
 [<ffffffff8020aa78>] child_rip+0xa/0x12
 [<ffffffff80247080>] kthread+0x0/0x80
 [<ffffffff8020aa6e>] child_rip+0x0/0x12

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> The oops happens because oprofile tries to reference a NULL task in
> its event buffer for a context switch, which might well be a minor
> merging mistake or similar in the CFS backport.

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> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527385634 <4>[ 3372.390442] Call Trace:
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527390314 <4>[ 3372.390457]  [<ffffffff80232b88>] get_task_mm+0x18/0x60
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527391990 <4>[ 3372.390484]  [<ffffffff8831abd4>] :oprofile:sync_buffer+0xf4/0x480
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527393666 <4>[ 3372.390544]  [<ffffffff8831a6b0>] :oprofile:wq_sync_buffer+0x0/0x60
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527399673 <4>[ 3372.390576]  [<ffffffff8831a6e3>] :oprofile:wq_sync_buffer+0x33/0x60
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527401419 <4>[ 3372.390602]  [<ffffffff80244bfd>] run_workqueue+0xcd/0x170
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527406238 <4>[ 3372.390635]  [<ffffffff802456b3>] worker_thread+0xb3/0x120
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527421324 <4>[ 3372.390652]  [<ffffffff80249000>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527423140 <4>[ 3372.390684]  [<ffffffff80245600>] worker_thread+0x0/0x120
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527424816 <4>[ 3372.390697]  [<ffffffff80248bfd>] kthread+0x4d/0x80
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527426423 <4>[ 3372.390730]  [<ffffffff8020abc8>] child_rip+0xa/0x12
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527428099 <4>[ 3372.390810]  [<ffffffff80248bb0>] kthread+0x0/0x80
> > 2007-09-22 13:53:32.527444931 <4>[ 3372.390822]  [<ffffffff8020abbe>] child_rip+0x0/0x12

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