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From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: kaos@sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.7] bug_smp_call_function
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 03:14:27 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040619101427.GR1863@holomorphy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040619030834.3582d2bd.akpm@osdl.org>

William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com> wrote:
>> Calls to smp_call_function() with interrupts off or spinlocks held
>> typically causes deadlocks on SMP systems.

On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 03:08:34AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> No, this doesn't "typically" deadlock.  It will deadlock on every ten
> millionth call.  The preceding 9,999,999 warnings should have imparted
> sufficient clue?

I wasn't counting function calls. I suppose it won't deadlock on every
call.


-- wli

      reply	other threads:[~2004-06-19 10:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-19  9:36 [patch 2.6.7] bug_smp_call_function Keith Owens
2004-06-19  9:44 ` Andrew Morton
2004-06-19  9:54   ` Keith Owens
2004-06-19  9:59   ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-06-19 10:05     ` Keith Owens
2004-06-19 10:08     ` Andrew Morton
2004-06-19 10:14       ` William Lee Irwin III [this message]

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