[PATCH V2 0/3] powerpc: Fix random application crashes with NUMA_BALANCING enabled

Andrew Morton akpm at linux-foundation.org
Fri Feb 14 10:06:39 EST 2014


On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:13:35 +0530 "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> This patch series fix random application crashes observed on ppc64 with numa
> balancing enabled. Without the patch we see crashes like
> 
> anacron[14551]: unhandled signal 11 at 0000000000000041 nip 000000003cfd54b4 lr 000000003cfd5464 code 30001
> anacron[14599]: unhandled signal 11 at 0000000000000041 nip 000000003efc54b4 lr 000000003efc5464 code 30001
> 

Random application crashes are bad.  Which kernel version(s) do you think
need fixing here?

I grabbed the patches but would like to hear from Ben (or something
approximating him) before doing anything with them, please.


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