Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:36:02 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [patch] 2.4.13-pre3 arm/i386/mips/mips64/s390/s390x/sh die() deadlock |
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Keith Owens wrote: > > Any die() routine that uses die_lock to avoid multiple cpu reentrancy > will deadlock on recursive die() errors.
Well, I have to say that I personally have always considered the "die" lock to not be about multiple CPU re-entrancy, but _exactly_ to stop infinite oops reports if an oops itself oopses.
I much prefer a dead machine with a partially visible oops over a oops where the original oops has scrolled away due to recursive faults.
Quite frankly, I consider the ia64 case to be a ia64 bug, nothing more.
Linus
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