From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750708AbWD2LFK (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:05:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750703AbWD2LFJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:05:09 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:20871 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750708AbWD2LFI (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:05:08 -0400 From: Andi Kleen To: minyard@acm.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: fix die_lock nesting Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:57:10 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060426205307.GA7505@i2.minyard.local> In-Reply-To: <20060426205307.GA7505@i2.minyard.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604291257.11186.ak@suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 26 April 2006 22:53, Corey Minyard wrote: > The oops_begin() function in x86_64 would only conditionally claim > the die_lock if the call is nested, but oops_end() would always > release the spinlock. This patch adds a nest count for the die lock > so that the release of the lock is only done on the final oops_end(). Merged thanks. -Andi