tsc_disable was marked __initdata so we were accessing random data (which
happened to have a set bit) so upon warm cpu online we would disable the
TSC, resulting in the following. Nathan does this fix your triple fault?
root@arusha cpu1 {0:0} echo 1 > online
Booting processor 1/1 eip 3000
Disabling TSC...
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 797.62 BogoMIPS
(lpj=3988115)
CPU1: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes) stepping 02
migration_cost=2595
root@arusha cpu1 {0:0} ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
2432 ttyS0 00:00:00 tcsh
2490 ttyS0 00:00:00 ps
root@arusha cpu1 {0:0} ps
Segmentation fault
root@arusha cpu1 {0:139}
<signed-off-by> Zwane Mwaikambo <[email protected]>
Index: linux-2.6.16-rc2-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvsroot/linux-2.6.16-rc2-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 tsc.c
--- linux-2.6.16-rc2-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c 11 Feb 2006 16:55:15 -0000 1.1.1.1
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc2-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c 12 Feb 2006 22:00:12 -0000
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
*/
unsigned int tsc_khz;
-int tsc_disable __initdata = 0;
+int tsc_disable __cpuinitdata = 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_TSC
static int __init tsc_setup(char *str)
-
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