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SubjectRe: Bisected KVM hang on x86-32 between v3.12 and v3.13
On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 05:03:37PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> So what I suspect at this point is that because i386 and x86_64 have a
> difference in current_thread_info() (i386 is stack based), we end up
> setting the TIF_NEED_RESCHED bit on the wrong stack.
>
> Now I have some vague memories of propagating the TIF flags on stack
> switch, but I cannot remember what arch we did that for. Let me stare at
> this a little more.
>
> Also, IFF this is the case, then the fingered patch above (and your
> suggested 'fix') aren't the real curlpit/cure but simply make it
> more/less likely to happen.
>
> Now, Steve had a patch somewhere that would make i386 use per-cpu
> variables for current_thread_info() just like x86_64 already does I
> think. Let me go find them too.

Ohh, goodie, they're already in Linus' tree. Could you see if current
git still suffers this problem?


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