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Subject: Re: 2.6.15-rt4-sr1
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 15:47 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> - posix_timers deadlock - There's a loop in the posix_timeres code that 
>     is entered if the current process is a higher priority than the 
>     softirqd thread, and it spins until the softirqd thread is finished.
>     But since the thread is of a higher priority than the softirqd, it
>     deadlocks.

Good catch, thanks

	tglx