Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:22:36 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] softlockup: fix potential race in hung_task when resetting timeout |
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* Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com> wrote:
> Patch against tip/core/softlockup. > > --- > > A potential race exists if sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs is reset to 0 > while inside check_hung_uniterruptible_tasks(). If check_task() is > entered, a comparison with 0 will result in a false hung_task being > detected. > > If sysctl_hung_task_panic is set, the system will panic. > > Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com> > --- > kernel/hung_task.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++-------- > 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Applied to tip/core/softlockup, thanks Mandeep!
Ingo
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