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SubjectRe: Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() at boot time
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 03:59:10AM -0800, Adam J. Richter wrote:

> When I attempted to boot linux-2.5.8-pre1, I got a kernel
> BUG() for exit.c line 519. The was a small change to to kernel/exit.c
> in 2.5.8-pre1 which deleted a kernel_lock() call. Restoring that line
> resulted in a kernel that booted fine. I am sending this email from
> the machine running that kernel (so I guess a matching release of
> the kernel lock is already in the code).

It should be added that the bug is hit only if CONFIG_PREEMPT is on.

Stelian.
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