Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Feb 2003 14:40:02 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: doublefault debugging (was Re: Linux v2.5.62 --- spontaneous reboots) |
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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Suggested patch (against current BK, which has the finish_task_switch() > cleanups I mentioned earlier) appended. No special cases, nu subtlety with > __put_task_struct() caches, no nothing.
Yeah, don't bother to tell me it doesn't work. We need the task pointer to include information on _both_ "I'm still using it" (the task itself) _and_ the "I'm waiting for it" case. So it's not just a matter of moving the put_task() thing around, it needs to get the accounting right..
Linus
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