FYI, we noticed the below changes on https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/luto/linux.git x86/pcid commit f825f895d74ff7b82d9a037e2f82d2613e8d4c2d ("x86/mm: Try to preserve old TLB entries using PCID") The aim9 exec_test is killed with "Segmentation fault". AIM Independent Resource Benchmark - Suite IX v1.1, January 22, 1996 Copyright (c) 1996 - 2001 Caldera International, Inc. All Rights Reserved Machine's name : Machine's configuration : Number of seconds to run each test [2 to 1000] : Path to disk files : Starting time: Fri Feb 12 02:47:13 2016 Projected Run Time: 0:05:00 Projected finish: Fri Feb 12 02:52:13 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Test Test Elapsed Iteration Iteration Operation Number Name Time (sec) Count Rate (loops/sec) Rate (ops/sec) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 exec_test To reproduce: git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git cd lkp-tests bin/lkp install job.yaml # job file is attached in this email bin/lkp run job.yaml Thanks, Ying Huang