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From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] BUG(): sched.c: Line 944
Date: 16 Sep 2002 19:58:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1032220689.1203.85.camel@phantasy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0209161644210.2029-100000@home.transmeta.com>

On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 19:45, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Ahhah! I know. You just make lock_depth 0 when you exit, without actually 
> taking the kernel lock. Which fools the logic into accepting a 
> preempt-disable, since it thinks that the preempt disable is due to 
> holding the kernel lock.

I was this -> <- close to celebrating.  Not so fast, smarty.

What about release_kernel_lock() ?

It sees task->lock_depth>=0 and calls spin_unlock() on a lock that it
does not hold.

	Robert Love


  reply	other threads:[~2002-09-16 23:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-16 18:48 [PATCH] BUG(): sched.c: Line 944 Robert Love
2002-09-16 19:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-16 21:14   ` Robert Love
2002-09-16 21:41     ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-16 22:15       ` Robert Love
2002-09-16 22:26         ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-16 23:15           ` Robert Love
2002-09-16 23:45             ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-16 23:58               ` Robert Love [this message]
2002-09-17  5:56                 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-17  8:12                   ` Robert Love
2002-09-17  8:51                     ` Robert Love
2002-09-17  8:59                     ` Robert Love
2002-09-17  9:57                       ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-17 18:27                         ` Robert Love
2002-09-17 18:46                           ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-17 14:10                       ` Steven Cole
2002-09-17 18:29                         ` Robert Love
2002-09-17 18:42                           ` Steven Cole
2002-09-17 15:27                       ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-17 15:40                         ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-17 15:53                           ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-17 16:18                             ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-17 16:26                               ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-17 18:47                                 ` Robert Love
2002-09-17 18:57                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-17 19:23                                     ` Robert Love
2002-09-17 19:54                                       ` Steven Cole
2002-09-17 20:06                                         ` Robert Love
2002-09-17 20:32                                           ` Steven Cole
2002-09-17 20:58                                           ` Steven Cole
2002-09-18  4:44                                             ` Robert Love
2002-09-18 14:08                                               ` Steven Cole
2002-09-17 15:54                           ` Ingo Molnar

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