Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Jun 1999 19:00:40 +0200 (CEST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [patch] fix for SMP stuck on IPI-TLB-flush [Re: 2.2.9-ac2 locks solid] |
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On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> With this patch applyed a piece of code with irq disabled can also call > lock_kernel() without risk to deadlock [...]
this again is only hiding the real bug. All places that aquire the kernel lock with IRQs disabled are likely to be buggy.
-- mingo
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