From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> Commit 8fcf2cc768acd845c1fed837bf9cfe2d7106336d in linux-next introduced a regression in some configurations. Specifically, with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL set, and CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL *not* set, the kernel will crash in lockup_detector_init(), due to a NULL tick_nohz_full_mask pointer. This is because the above commit uses tick_nohz_full_mask (in lockup_detector_init), if CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL is set, but tick_nohz_full_mask only gets allocated if either: a) CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL is set, or b) Someone passes in nohz_full=<any_value> on the boot args line. To correct this, change lockup_detector_init so that it does a runtime check (in addition to the ifdef check). This now matches the way most of the other CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL code does it's checking. This fix is a little simpler than my original proposed fix, thanks to Chris Metcalf for that. Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/watchdog.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c index 40fda2f..910d73f 100644 --- a/kernel/watchdog.c +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c @@ -921,10 +921,14 @@ void __init lockup_detector_init(void) set_sample_period(); #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL - if (!cpumask_empty(tick_nohz_full_mask)) - pr_info("Disabling watchdog on nohz_full cores by default\n"); - cpumask_andnot(&watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask, - tick_nohz_full_mask); + if (tick_nohz_full_enabled()) { + if (!cpumask_empty(tick_nohz_full_mask)) + pr_info("Disabling watchdog on nohz_full cores by default\n"); + cpumask_andnot(&watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask, + tick_nohz_full_mask); + } + else + cpumask_copy(&watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask); #else cpumask_copy(&watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask); #endif -- 2.3.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html