On 07/06/2016 03:32 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 07:03:43 -0500 > Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> --- >>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c >>> index aaf4b9b94f38..cc70d98a30f6 100644 >>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c >>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c >>> @@ -1391,7 +1391,8 @@ static int mce_notify_work_init(void) >>> >>> static void mce_notify_work(void) >>> { >>> - wake_up_process(mce_notify_helper); >>> + if (mce_notify_helper) >>> + wake_up_process(mce_notify_helper); >>> } > > Actually, this appears to be the fix in 4.6-rt. This is in there since it was switched to swork instead of using its own thread and is also in v4.1: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git/tree/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c?h=linux-4.1.y-rt#n1387 as part of x86-mce-use-swait-queue-for-mce-wakeups.patch. And this patch was first part of v3.18.9-rt4 as a new patch dropping x86-mce- Defer-mce-wakeups-to-threads-for-PREEMPT_RT.patch. > -- Steve Sebastian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html