This is 3.17.0-rc1-00231-g7be141d on sparc64 (4-CPU E420R with US-II CPUs). It works fine but gave this during reboot: [info] Will now restart. [ 4499.742521] [ 4499.759281] =============================== [ 4499.809274] [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ] [ 4499.859270] 3.17.0-rc1-00231-g7be141d #47 Not tainted [ 4499.919673] ------------------------------- [ 4499.969661] include/linux/rcupdate.h:844 rcu_read_lock() used illegally while idle! [ 4500.061328] [ 4500.061328] other info that might help us debug this: [ 4500.061328] [ 4500.157159] [ 4500.157159] RCU used illegally from idle CPU! [ 4500.157159] rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0 [ 4500.287348] RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state! [ 4500.356038] 1 lock held by swapper/0/0: [ 4500.401850] #0: (rcu_read_lock){......}, at: [<00000000004ee944>] __perf_event_exit_context+0x24/0x2c0 [ 4500.515385] [ 4500.515385] stack backtrace: [ 4500.567462] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.17.0-rc1-00231-g7be141d #47 [ 4500.659116] Call Trace: [ 4500.688253] [000000000049fecc] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xcc/0x120 [ 4500.761168] [00000000004eeba0] __perf_event_exit_context+0x280/0x2c0 [ 4500.838235] [00000000004d6d24] flush_smp_call_function_queue+0x84/0x1a0 [ 4500.918424] [00000000004d74a4] generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x4/0x20 [ 4501.010104] [000000000043f6d4] smp_call_function_single_client+0x14/0x40 [ 4501.091304] [0000000000426b74] valid_addr_bitmap_patch+0x8c/0x258 [ 4501.165248] [000000000042cecc] arch_cpu_idle+0x2c/0xa0 [ 4501.227733] [000000000049c53c] cpu_startup_entry+0x15c/0x200 [ 4501.296462] [0000000000829b98] rest_init+0x178/0x1a0 [ 4501.356868] [00000000009dc9dc] start_kernel+0x3e4/0x3f4 [ 4501.420390] [0000000000829a0c] tlb_fixup_done+0xa0/0xb4 [ 4501.483910] [0000000000000000] (null) [ 4501.539919] reboot: Restarting system -- Meelis Roos (mroos@xxxxxxxx) -- 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