Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [ACPI] Re: [PATCH] Oops and panic while unloading holder of pm_idle | Date | Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:20:59 +0800 | From | "Li, Shaohua" <> |
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Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: >To: BlaisorBlade >Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Brown, >Len >Subject: [ACPI] Re: [PATCH] Oops and panic while unloading holder of >pm_idle > >On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, BlaisorBlade wrote: > >> > There aren't many users of pm_idle >> > outside of arch/*/kernel/process.c >> Both APM and ACPI set pm_idle, and both can be modular. It seems, however, >> they are the only such ones. And since they APM and ACPI refuse to be >both >> loaded, we cannot have (actually) two modules which override pm_idle. So >> you're right. > >There are a few other issues with pm_idle, preempt and modular drivers >which someone else is looking at, we'll see how things go from there. Yes, preempt will cause oops in pc_idle. Attached patch should close the final race corner.
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