Re: general protection fault in try_to_wake_up

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Tue Apr 03 2018 - 05:29:11 EST


On Tue 2018-04-03 11:13:33, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 10:50:03AM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > raw_spin_lock() succeeded here. Therefore lockdep was still working
> > at this stage.
>
> What does the success of raw_spin_lock() have to do with lockdep ?

It means that also lockdep succeeded there. Therefore the general
protection fault in __lock_acquire() was specific to the spinlock
taken by try_to_wake_up(). I though that it might had been an useful
information.

Anyway, the other replay from Dmitry suggested that it was a known
bug, see
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CACT4Y+ZJ2QD7MPy4hB-M=mz2LuVu3bRbLg1QdY=z=+Su1QWMqg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Best Regards,
Petr