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Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:57:25 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [BUG linux-2.6.15-rc] process events connector - soft lockup
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Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
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>  Gad, how ddd that get in there?

That's how to pronounce "did" with a headcold.

I note that copy_process() also calls cpuset_fork() under
write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock) which is a) inefficient and b) forbidden
according to the nice comment over task_lock().