Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.5.8-pre2: preempt: exits with preempt_count 1 | From | Bongani <> | Date | 11 Apr 2002 00:14:34 +0200 |
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On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 20:28, Robert Love wrote: > On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 08:53, Duncan Sands wrote: > > > error: halt[411] exited with preempt_count 1 > > > > This was after about 24 hours of up time. What can I do to help > > track down this locking problem? > > It is not a big deal. The issue is that in the system shutdown code, > something does not release a lock but just figures "the system is going > down, what is the point?" It is probably the BKL ... > > For the sake of code readability and having nothing quit with a nonzero > preempt_count, we should explicitly drop the lock, but it is not hurting > anything (now, if you get this message elsewhere, there may be a > problem). > > I am trying to find what is the cause but I have not tracked it down yet
This is also still happening on 2.4.19-pre6 + preempt
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> > Robert Love
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