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From: Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@oracle.com>
To: Stelian Pop <stelian.pop@fr.alcove.com>
Cc: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() at boot time
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 15:40:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CAC57B0.5090902@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020404035910.A281@baldur.yggdrasil.com> <20020404125614.GE9820@come.alcove-fr>

Stelian Pop wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 03:59:10AM -0800, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> 
> 
>>	When I attempted to boot linux-2.5.8-pre1, I got a kernel
>>BUG() for exit.c line 519.  The was a small change to to kernel/exit.c
>>in 2.5.8-pre1 which deleted a kernel_lock() call.  Restoring that line
>>resulted in a kernel that booted fine.  I am sending this email from
>>the machine running that kernel (so I guess a matching release of
>>the kernel lock is already in the code).
> 
> 
> It should be added that the bug is hit only if CONFIG_PREEMPT is on.

Just to say that

  * I hit the bug
  * I have CONFIG_PREEMPT
  * Adam's fix "works for me (TM)"

--alessandro

  "time is never time at all / you can never ever leave
    without leaving a piece of youth"
                    (Smashing Pumpkins, "Tonight, tonight")


  reply	other threads:[~2002-04-04 13:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-04 11:59 Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() at boot time Adam J. Richter
2002-04-04 12:56 ` Stelian Pop
2002-04-04 13:40   ` Alessandro Suardi [this message]
2002-04-04 16:23 ` David C. Hansen
2002-04-04 18:28   ` Dave Hansen
2002-04-04 18:51     ` Robert Love
2002-04-04 19:14       ` Linus Torvalds
2002-04-04 19:26         ` Robert Love
2002-04-04 19:41           ` Dave Hansen
2002-04-04 20:02             ` Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() atboot time george anzinger
2002-04-04 20:54           ` Andrew Morton
2002-04-04 21:34           ` Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() at boot time Roger Larsson
2002-04-04 22:38             ` Andrew Morton
2002-04-04 22:42               ` Linus Torvalds
2002-04-04 22:54                 ` Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() atboot time Andrew Morton
2002-04-04 23:07                 ` Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() at boot time Robert Love
2002-04-04 23:42                   ` Linus Torvalds
2002-04-04 23:47                     ` Robert Love
2002-04-04 23:55                       ` Linus Torvalds
2002-04-05  0:03                         ` [PATCH] preemptive kernel behavior change: don't be rude Robert Love
2002-04-05  1:51                           ` george anzinger
2002-04-05  2:06                             ` Robert Love
2002-04-04 22:55               ` Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() at boot time Robert Love
2002-04-04 23:10                 ` Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() atboot time Andrew Morton
2002-04-04 23:16                   ` Robert Love
2002-04-04 19:13     ` Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() at boot time Linus Torvalds
2002-04-04 19:16       ` Robert Love
2002-04-04 19:45         ` Linus Torvalds
2002-04-04 20:09           ` Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() atboot time george anzinger
2002-04-04 19:48       ` george anzinger

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