When a cpu is onlined on memory-less-node box, kernel panics due to touch NULL pointer of pgdat->kswapd. Current kswapd runs only nodes which have memory. So, calling of set_cpus_allowed() is not necessary for memory-less node.
This is fix for it. Signed-off-by: Yasunori Goto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- mm/vmscan.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: current/mm/vmscan.c =================================================================== --- current.orig/mm/vmscan.c 2007-09-03 16:36:18.000000000 +0900 +++ current/mm/vmscan.c 2007-09-11 13:02:20.000000000 +0900 @@ -1843,9 +1843,11 @@ static int __devinit cpu_callback(struct { pg_data_t *pgdat; cpumask_t mask; + int nid; if (action == CPU_ONLINE || action == CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN) { - for_each_online_pgdat(pgdat) { + for_each_node_state(nid, N_HIGH_MEMORY) { + pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid); mask = node_to_cpumask(pgdat->node_id); if (any_online_cpu(mask) != NR_CPUS) /* One of our CPUs online: restore mask */ -- Yasunori Goto - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/