Re: [PATCH] sched/cpuacct: Check for NULL when using task_pt_regs()

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Wed Apr 06 2016 - 10:38:24 EST

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* Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> [2016-04-06 21:59:50]:

> Looks good, and the patch below does fix the oops for me.
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> Anton
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> task_pt_regs() can return NULL for kernel threads, so add a check.
> This fixes an oops at boot on ppc64.
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> Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx>

Works for me too.

Reported-and-Tested-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Srikar Dronamraju

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