From: oftedal <oftedal@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 01:14:33 +0200 (CEST) > As mentioned in the bug-report(#13444) the sun4d-SMP code on > 2.4-series kernels(2.4.37) uses the physical cpu-mapping when > inserting tasks into the init_tasks array. > And the scheduler uses the logical cpu-mapping which will cause a > kernel nullpointer when there are gaps in the physical cpu-mapping. > > The attached patch uses the cpucount variable, which can be used to > find the next logical slot in the init_tasks array. As it is only > incremented > when a cpu is successfully started. > > (I hope this was more compliant with kernel-bugfixing standards. I am > new to this) > > Signed-off-by: Kjetil Oftedal <oftedal@xxxxxxxxx> I don't think we're handling 2.4.x patches at this point. :-) If the bug exists in 2.6.x as well I'd be happy to review such a patch and apply it for you. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
