RHEL 7 kernel panic in update_group_power due to divide_error.

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Issue

  • The RHEL 7 kernel update_group_power() which has inline call to scale_rt_power() which may panic with divide_error (divide by zero)
  • Panic in update_group_power due to divide_error (divide by zero)

    #7 [ffff88474eb83ab0] divide_error at ffffffff816bd11e
        [exception RIP: update_group_power+0x1e6]
    
  • Panic in update_group_power due to divide_error (divide by zero)

     #7 [ffffa0aebfa43b00] divide_error at ffffffffb6b9419e
         [exception RIP: update_group_power+0x208]
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

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