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From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr>
Cc: Kilobug <kilobug@freesurf.fr>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [bug report] System hang up with Speedtouch USB hotplug
Date: 20 Nov 2001 09:58:10 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1006268291.5448.2.camel@phantasy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E166A9X-0000Co-00@baldrick>
In-Reply-To: <E165lQB-0001DZ-00@baldrick> <1006204883.826.0.camel@phantasy>  <E166A9X-0000Co-00@baldrick>

On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 07:37, Duncan Sands wrote:
> By the way, I find the preemptible kernel patch
> very helpful for debugging SMP problems on a
> uniprocessor machine.
> 
> I'm trying to debug the speedtouch kernel module
> crashes with SMP using it: the module oopses
> nicely with preempt too!

This is a nice unintended benefit of the preemptible kernel patch, eh? 
It also helps in your SMP debugging because you can see the lock depth
(how many locks are held) via current->preempt_count.  The preempt patch
will also prevent you from infinite looping in the kernel, assuming the
system is able to preempt itself.

	Robert Love


  reply	other threads:[~2001-11-20 14:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-19 10:12 [bug report] System hang up with Speedtouch USB hotplug Duncan Sands
2001-11-19 21:21 ` Robert Love
2001-11-20  8:03   ` Duncan Sands
2001-11-20 12:37   ` Duncan Sands
2001-11-20 14:58     ` Robert Love [this message]
2001-11-20 10:55 ` Kilobug
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-11-17  1:55 Kilobug
2001-11-17  7:13 ` Greg KH
2001-11-17 12:58   ` Kilobug

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