Messages in this thread | | | From | Juergen Kreileder <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix __mod_timer vs __run_timers deadlock. | Date | Tue, 03 May 2005 00:50:24 +0200 |
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Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> writes:
> Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> wrote: >> >> When __mod_timer() changes timer's base it waits for the completion >> of timer->function. It is just stupid: the caller of __mod_timer() >> can held locks which would prevent completion of the timer's >> handler. >> >> Solution: do not change the base of the currently running timer. > > OK, fingers crossed. Juergen, it would be great if you could test > Oleg's patch sometime.
I had one more lockup yesterday but that probably was caused by something else because Azureus is running fine for 24 hours now.
Thanks Oleg!
Juergen
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