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    SubjectRe: scheduling problem?
    On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Daniel Phillips wrote:

    > Mike Galbraith wrote:
    > >
    > > On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Daniel Phillips wrote:
    > >
    > > > Could you try this patch just to see what happens? It uses semaphores
    > > > for the bdflush synchronization instead of banging directly on the task
    > > > wait queues. It's supposed to be a drop-in replacement for the bdflush
    > > > wakeup/waitfor mechanism, but who knows, it may have subtly different
    > > > behavious in your case.
    > >
    > > Semaphore timed out during boot, leaving bdflush as zombie.
    >
    > Hmm, how could that happen? I'm booted and running with that patch
    > right now and have beaten on it extensively - it sounds like something
    > else is broken. Or maybe we've already established that - let me read
    > the thread again.
    >
    > Which semaphore timed out, bdflush_request or bdflush_waiter?

    I didn't watch closely (running virgin prerelease). I can run it again
    if you think it's important.

    -Mike

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