Re: [patch 00/14] x86/irq: Plug various vector cleanup races

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Jan 20 2016 - 03:27:26 EST


On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:57:35PM -0500, Joe Lawrence wrote:
> Unfortunately I only have a single box to run these tests in what
> amounts to an after-hours effort. I started testing back in 4.3 but
> avoided moving forward to avoid the 4.4 development cycle (and
> incidental issues that it might have muddled the waters). That said,
> what would be the best way to proceed?
>
> Change device removal tests to avoid proprietary drivers.

Right, I'd tend to suggest that. tglx says you could also try enabling
CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS and CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS and collect full
dmesg from when the corruption happens. That might give us some more
insights as to what happens.

Thanks.

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Boris.

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