From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gustavo Niemeyer Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 18:38:41 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] 2.4.3 + 010405 hanging Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org > Gustavo> Hello! When I try to do a complex task like kernel compiling > Gustavo> and I'm running kernel 2.4.3 with ia64 patch 010405, the > Gustavo> system is hanging frequently. > > Gustavo> Any known issues about this? > > There is a known problem with the rw semaphores that can cause > something like this. David included a basic fix in an ldt patch he > posted a couple of days ago. > > I think this snippet is the relevant part. Thank you Jes!! I've been working for a few days with the patched kernel and it seems to be working just fine!! -- Gustavo Niemeyer [ 2AAC 7928 0FBF 0299 5EB5 60E2 2253 B29A 6664 3A0C ]