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>>> Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> 08.11.05 23:57:21 >>> >"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@novell.com> wrote: >> >> Rather than blindly re-enabling interrupts in die(), save their state >> upon entry and then restore that state. > >What is the reason for this change? If the kernel is in really bad condition and faults with interrupts disabled, re-enabling them in die() may cause even more trouble, implying more chances of data corruption. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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