Doubt - facing a cpu softlockup during _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore

Hello,, I've few queries reg a CPU softlockup issue i am facing with 4.4 kernel on sles12. Here are details - 1) The thread which causes the softlockup was releasing a spinlock. The softlockup happens while running -- '_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore' The thread which causes the lockup was getting

Fwd: Query - Related to kernel changes for GFP_NOIO flag

Hi, GFP_NOIO flag used for kmalloc is currently defined as - '__GFP_RECLAIM' #define GFP_NOIO(__GFP_RECLAIM) #define __GFP_RECLAIM ((__force gfp_t)(___GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM|___GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM However, prior to 4.4 kernel, this flag was defined as __GFP_WAIT. #define GFP_NOIO(_