From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 17:52:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 17:52:34 -0400 Received: from svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com ([24.136.46.5]:23815 "EHLO svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 17:52:32 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.5.3[3,4] Preemption problem From: Robert Love To: Paolo Ciarrocchi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020909213137.28292.qmail@linuxmail.org> References: <20020909213137.28292.qmail@linuxmail.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 09 Sep 2002 17:52:11 -0400 Message-Id: <1031608332.15794.82.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 17:31, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote: > Halting system... > Shutting down devices > Power down. > note: halt[15347] exited with preempt_count 1 Note the "note" - this is just advisory and is not harmful. :) Somewhere in the shutdown logic a lock (probably the BKL) is not released (and why not, we are shutting down?). I'll see if I can find it... Robert Love