Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 13 Oct 2001 23:42:51 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: Recursive deadlock on die_lock |
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Keith Owens wrote: > > ... > If show_registers() fails (which it does far too often on IA64) then > the system deadlocks trying to recursively obtain die_lock. Also > die_lock is never used outside die(), it should be proc local. > Suggested fix: >
Looks to me like it'll work. But why does ia64 show_registers() die so easily? Can it be taught to validate addresses before dereferencing them somehow? - 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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