From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> Commit <8fcf2cc768acd845c> 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 instead of the ifdef check. This fix is simpler than my original proposed fix, thanks to Chris Metcalf for that. Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/watchdog.c | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c index 40fda2f..e8caf09 100644 --- a/kernel/watchdog.c +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c @@ -920,14 +920,13 @@ 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); -#else - cpumask_copy(&watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask); -#endif + 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); if (watchdog_enabled) watchdog_enable_all_cpus(); -- 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