* Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > (Also note that in my config NR_CPUS is at 128 - defconfigs are 64.)
>
> The simplest padding I found is the one below - this indicates some sort of
> section sizing or page table setup bug (or page alignment bug) and makes
> races and
> other bugs less likely.
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> index 4ac952080869..ea992ca4e74f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> @@ -547,6 +547,8 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
> ud2
> .Lokay_\@:
> addq $8, %rsp
> +#else
> + .rep 64; nop; .endr
Also note that turning off CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC also solves the crash. I did
that
in an attempt to get a different backtrace.
So it's either unwinder related, or seemingly minor changes to code
alignment/placement will make the bug go away.
Thanks,
Ingo
