Re: [Bug #11965] regression introduced by - timers: fix itimer/many thread hang

[Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>]

* Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org> wrote:

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> Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11965
> Subject		: regression introduced by - timers: fix itimer/many thread hang
> Submitter	: Doug Chapman <doug.chapman-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>
> Date		: 2008-11-06 11:03 (17 days old)
> First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f06febc96ba8e0af80bcc3eaec0a109e88275fac
> References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122596943416648&w=4
> Handled-By	: Frank Mayhar <fmayhar-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> 		  Peter Zijlstra <peterz-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
> 		  Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>

the hang is fixed by:

  commit ad474caca3e2a0550b7ce0706527ad5ab389a4d4
  Author: Oleg Nesterov <oleg-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
  Date:   Mon Nov 10 15:39:30 2008 +0100

    fix for account_group_exec_runtime(), make sure ->signal can't be freed under rq->lock

	Ingo