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Dario Faggioli 49307fd6f7 sched: NULL pointer dereference while setting sched_rt_period_us 
When CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED and CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED are enabled, with:

 echo 10000 > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_period_us

We get this:

 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000008c
 [  947.682233] IP: [<c0216b72>] __rt_schedulable+0x12/0x160
 [  947.683123] *pde = 00000000=20
 [  947.683782] Oops: 0000 [#1]
 [  947.684307] Modules linked in:
 [  947.684308]
 [  947.684308] Pid: 2359, comm: bash Not tainted (2.6.26-rc6 #8)
 [  947.684308] EIP: 0060:[<c0216b72>] EFLAGS: 00000246 CPU: 0
 [  947.684308] EIP is at __rt_schedulable+0x12/0x160
 [  947.684308] EAX: 00000000 EBX: 00000000 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000001
 [  947.684308] ESI: c0521db4 EDI: 00000001 EBP: c6cc9f00 ESP: c6cc9ed0
 [  947.684308]  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0033 SS: 0068
 [  947.684308] Process bash (pid: 2359, tiÆcc8000 taskÇa54f00=20 task.tiÆcc8000)
 [  947.684308] Stack: c0222790 00000000 080f8c08 c0521db4 c6cc9f00 00000001 00000000 00000000
 [  947.684308]        c6cc9f9c 00000000 c0521db4 00000001 c6cc9f28 c0216d40 00000000 00000000
 [  947.684308]        c6cc9f9c 000f4240 000e7ef0 ffffffff c0521db4 c79dfb60 c6cc9f58 c02af2cc
 [  947.684308] Call Trace:
 [  947.684308]  [<c0222790>] ? do_proc_dointvec_conv+0x0/0x50
 [  947.684308]  [<c0216d40>] ? sched_rt_handler+0x80/0x110
 [  947.684308]  [<c02af2cc>] ? proc_sys_call_handler+0x9c/0xb0
 [  947.684308]  [<c02af2fa>] ? proc_sys_write+0x1a/0x20
 [  947.684308]  [<c0273c36>] ? vfs_write+0x96/0x160
 [  947.684308]  [<c02af2e0>] ? proc_sys_write+0x0/0x20
 [  947.684308]  [<c027423d>] ? sys_write+0x3d/0x70
 [  947.684308]  [<c0202ef5>] ? sysenter_past_esp+0x6a/0x91
 [  947.684308]  =======================
 [  947.684308] Code: 24 04 e8 62 b1 0e 00 89 c7 89 f8 8b 5d f4 8b 75
 f8 8b 7d fc 89 ec 5d c3 90 55 89 e5 57 56 53 83 ec 24 89 45 ec 89 55 e4
 89 4d e8 <8b> b8 8c 00 00 00 85 ff 0f 84 c9 00 00 00 8b 57 24 39 55 e8
 8b
 [  947.684308] EIP: [<c0216b72>] __rt_schedulable+0x12/0x160 SS:ESP  0068:c6cc9ed0

We think the following patch solves the issue.

Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli <raistlin@linux.it>
Signed-off-by: Michael Trimarchi <trimarchimichael@yahoo.it>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-06-19 09:06:54 +02:00
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irq genirq: reenable a nobody cared disabled irq when a new driver arrives 2008-05-02 13:40:34 +02:00
power Merge branches 'release', 'acpica', 'bugzilla-10224', 'bugzilla-9772', 'bugzilla-9916', 'ec', 'eeepc', 'idle', 'misc', 'pm-legacy', 'sysfs-links-2.6.26', 'thermal', 'thinkpad' and 'video' into release 2008-04-30 13:58:00 -04:00
time clocksource: allow read access to available/current_clocksource 2008-05-03 18:11:48 +02:00
.gitignore
acct.c
audit_tree.c [PATCH] list_for_each_rcu must die: audit 2008-05-17 03:30:23 -04:00
audit.c [patch 1/1] audit_send_reply(): fix error-path memory leak 2008-05-17 03:30:22 -04:00
audit.h [PATCH 1/2] audit: move extern declarations to audit.h 2008-04-28 06:28:04 -04:00
auditfilter.c Merge branch 'audit.b50' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current 2008-04-29 11:41:22 -07:00
auditsc.c [PATCH] new predicate - AUDIT_FILETYPE 2008-04-28 06:28:37 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c Add kbuild.h that contains common definitions for kbuild users 2008-04-29 08:06:29 -07:00
capability.c capabilities: remain source compatible with 32-bit raw legacy capability support. 2008-05-31 16:36:16 -07:00
cgroup_debug.c CGroup API files: move "releasable" to cgroup_debug subsystem 2008-04-29 08:06:09 -07:00
cgroup.c cgroups: remove node_ prefix_from ns subsystem 2008-05-24 09:56:14 -07:00
compat.c ntp: support for TAI 2008-05-01 08:03:59 -07:00
configs.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
cpu.c kernel: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
cpuset.c cpusets: fix bug when adding nonexistent cpu or mem 2008-06-06 11:29:11 -07:00
delayacct.c
dma.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c signals: fix sigqueue_free() vs __exit_signal() race 2008-05-24 09:56:10 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c [PATCH] dup_fd() fixes, part 1 2008-05-16 17:22:26 -04:00
futex_compat.c
futex.c Removal of FUTEX_FD 2008-05-05 08:18:45 -07:00
hrtimer.c hrtimer: remove duplicate helper function 2008-05-03 18:11:48 +02:00
itimer.c
kallsyms.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: make extended crashkernel= syntax less confusing 2008-05-01 08:04:00 -07:00
kfifo.c
kgdb.c kgdb: use common ascii helpers and put_unaligned_be32 helper 2008-05-28 12:49:56 -05:00
kmod.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
kprobes.c kprobes: fix error checking of batch registration 2008-06-12 18:05:40 -07:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c Deprecate find_task_by_pid() 2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
latencytop.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
lockdep.c
Makefile sched: add optional support for CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK 2008-05-05 23:56:18 +02:00
marker.c make marker_debug static 2008-04-30 08:29:49 -07:00
module.c modules: proper cleanup of kobject without CONFIG_SYSFS 2008-05-23 13:09:33 +10:00
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c
mutex.h
notifier.c ipc: re-enable msgmni automatic recomputing msgmni if set to negative 2008-04-29 08:06:13 -07:00
ns_cgroup.c cgroups: kernel/ns_cgroup.c should #include <linux/nsproxy.h> 2008-04-29 08:06:07 -07:00
nsproxy.c ipc: sysvsem: refuse clone(CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_NEWIPC) 2008-04-29 08:06:14 -07:00
panic.c Taint kernel after WARN_ON(condition) 2008-04-29 08:05:59 -07:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c pidns: make pid->level and pid_ns->level unsigned 2008-04-30 08:29:49 -07:00
pid.c pids: introduce change_pid() helper 2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
pm_qos_params.c
posix-cpu-timers.c remove div_long_long_rem 2008-05-01 08:03:58 -07:00
posix-timers.c signals: join send_sigqueue() with send_group_sigqueue() 2008-04-30 08:29:36 -07:00
printk.c printk: don't read beyond string arguments' terminating zero 2008-04-30 08:29:52 -07:00
profile.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
ptrace.c make generic sys_ptrace unconditional 2008-05-01 10:21:54 -07:00
rcuclassic.c
rcupdate.c
rcupreempt_trace.c
rcupreempt.c generic: reduce stack pressure in sched_affinity 2008-04-19 19:44:59 +02:00
rcutorture.c kernel: explicitly include required header files under kernel/ 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
relay.c splice: fix sendfile() issue with relay 2008-05-28 14:49:27 +02:00
res_counter.c memcgroup: add the max_usage member on the res_counter 2008-04-29 08:06:10 -07:00
resource.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c
sched_clock.c sched: fix sched_clock_cpu() 2008-05-29 11:29:19 +02:00
sched_debug.c revert ("sched: fair-group: SMP-nice for group scheduling") 2008-05-29 11:28:57 +02:00
sched_fair.c sched: stop wake_affine from causing serious imbalance 2008-05-29 11:29:20 +02:00
sched_features.h sched: /debug/sched_features 2008-04-19 19:45:00 +02:00
sched_idletask.c sched: make rt_sched_class, idle_sched_class static 2008-05-05 23:56:17 +02:00
sched_rt.c revert ("sched: fair-group: SMP-nice for group scheduling") 2008-05-29 11:28:57 +02:00
sched_stats.h show_schedstat(): fix memleak 2008-05-29 11:25:15 +02:00
sched.c sched: NULL pointer dereference while setting sched_rt_period_us 2008-06-19 09:06:54 +02:00
seccomp.c
semaphore.c Revert "semaphore: fix" 2008-05-10 20:43:22 -07:00
signal.c posix timers: discard SI_TIMER signals on exec 2008-05-26 10:37:07 -07:00
softirq.c Fix cpu hotplug problem in softirq code 2008-05-01 08:03:58 -07:00
softlockup.c
spinlock.c
srcu.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: make stop_machine_run more virtualization friendly 2008-05-23 13:09:34 +10:00
sys_ni.c
sys.c sys_prctl(): fix return of uninitialized value 2008-05-24 09:56:13 -07:00
sysctl_check.c
sysctl.c [PATCH] avoid multiplication overflows and signedness issues for max_fds 2008-05-16 17:22:52 -04:00
taskstats.c Use find_task_by_vpid in taskstats 2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c Make constants in kernel/timeconst.h fixed 64 bits 2008-05-02 16:18:42 -07:00
timeconst.pl Make constants in kernel/timeconst.h fixed 64 bits 2008-05-02 16:18:42 -07:00
timer.c debugobjects: add timer specific object debugging code 2008-04-30 08:29:53 -07:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c
user_namespace.c eCryptfs: make key module subsystem respect namespaces 2008-04-29 08:06:07 -07:00
user.c alloc_uid: cleanup 2008-04-30 08:29:53 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c kernel: explicitly include required header files under kernel/ 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
wait.c
workqueue.c workqueue: remove redundant function invocation 2008-05-01 08:04:02 -07:00