Re: double deletion of timer.

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On 27 January 2014 20:46, Sriram V <vshrirama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looping in linux-pm and viresh to see if they can advice.

Sorry for delay, as I was away on vacation.

> Hi,
>
> am trying to debug an random issue in which __list_del gets a prev
> pointer which is LIST_POISON, But the next pointer contains a valid
> value.
> There seems to be a double deletion. Since the next pointer is valid -
> It determines that the timer is pending and tries to delete it
> resulting in a crash.
>
> I am trying to understand when this could happen from the cpufreq governor.
>
> There are a couple of new patches recently applied in the kernel that
> deal with timer corruption. Not sure if they take care of this.

I need more information on this as I haven't experienced it.
- Which kernel you tested this on?
- Can you try on latest one? i.e. 3.13?
- How do you reproduce it? Guaranteed steps?

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