Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 1/2] rcu: Rationalize kthread spawning
From: Sasha Levin
Date: Wed Jul 16 2014 - 22:58:53 EST
On 07/14/2014 06:06 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently, RCU spawns kthreads from several different early_initcall()
> functions. Although this has served RCU well for quite some time,
> as more kthreads are added a more deterministic approach is required.
> This commit therefore causes all of RCU's early-boot kthreads to be
> spawned from a single early_initcall() function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hey Paul,
I've updated to today's -next and my VM started hanging on boot. Bisect
pointed out this patch.
I don't have any further info right now, but can provide whatever you'll
find useful.
Thanks,
Sasha
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