Hello, On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 11:13:07AM +0200, Heiko Carstens wrote: > [ 5968.010352] WARNING: CPU: 54 PID: 7 at kernel/workqueue.c:2041 process_one_work+0x6d4/0x718 > > (I don't remember we have seen the warning above in the first report) and then > > [ 5968.010913] Kernel panic - not syncing: preempt check > [ 5968.010919] CPU: 54 PID: 7 Comm: mm_percpu_wq Tainted: G W 4.13.0-rc4-dirty #3 > [ 5968.010923] Hardware name: IBM 3906 M03 703 (z/VM 6.4.0) > [ 5968.010927] Workqueue: mm_percpu_wq vmstat_update > [ 5968.010933] Call Trace: > [ 5968.010937] ([<0000000000113fbe>] show_stack+0x8e/0xe0) > [ 5968.010942] [<0000000000a514be>] dump_stack+0x96/0xd8 > [ 5968.010947] [<000000000014302a>] panic+0x102/0x248 > [ 5968.010952] [<00000000007836d8>] check_preemption_disabled+0xf8/0x110 > [ 5968.010956] [<00000000002ee8e2>] refresh_cpu_vm_stats+0x1b2/0x400 > [ 5968.010961] [<00000000002ef8be>] vmstat_update+0x2e/0x98 > [ 5968.010965] [<0000000000166374>] process_one_work+0x3d4/0x718 > [ 5968.010970] [<000000000016708c>] rescuer_thread+0x214/0x390 > [ 5968.010974] [<000000000016edbc>] kthread+0x16c/0x180 > [ 5968.010978] [<0000000000a7273a>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc > [ 5968.010983] [<0000000000a72734>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc > > On cpu 54 we have mm_percpu_wq with: > > nr_cpus_allowed = 0x1, > cpus_allowed = { > bits = {0x4, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0} > }, > > We also have CONFIG_NR_CPUS=256, so the above translates to cpu 3, which > obviously is not cpu 54 and explains the preempt check warning. Looks like the same issue Paul was hitting. http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1501541603-4456-3-git-send-email-paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Can you see whether the above patch helps? Thank.s -- tejun -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>