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From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] solved APM bug with -rc5
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 21:47:18 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aica96$1lt$1@penguin.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020801210745.GA20387@alpha.home.local

In article <20020801210745.GA20387@alpha.home.local>,
Willy Tarreau  <willy@w.ods.org> wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 11:16:23PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
>> On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 21:35, Willy TARREAU wrote:
>> > +	while (cpu_number_map(smp_processor_id()) != 0) {
>> > +		schedule();
>> > +	}
> 
>> What guarantees that loop will ever exit ?
>
>none, as in the already existing other implementation. But at least, I'd
>prefer an infinite loop instead of some random code being executed without
>noticing it.
>
>Do you know a better way of doing that ?

It should set its CPU affinity to be cpu0. I don't know how well that
works in 2.4.x, though. Ask Ingo..

		Linus

  reply	other threads:[~2002-08-01 21:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-08-01  6:38 Linux v2.4.19-rc5 Marcelo Tosatti
2002-08-01  7:49 ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-01  7:14   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2002-08-01  8:10     ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-01  9:02       ` Andrew Morton
2002-08-01  8:58         ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-01 14:45         ` Steven Cole
2002-08-01 18:57           ` Andrew Morton
2002-08-01 20:15     ` Steven Cole
2002-08-06  3:46       ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-06  4:30         ` Andrew Morton
2002-08-06 14:07           ` Steven Cole
2002-08-06 14:20             ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-06 17:12             ` Andrew Morton
2002-08-06  5:42         ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-06  8:30           ` Adrian Bunk
2002-08-06  8:48             ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-06 10:31           ` Lincoln Dale
2002-08-06 12:59         ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-07  1:09           ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-07  2:54             ` Steven Cole
2002-08-07 22:30               ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-07 22:39                 ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-07 23:44                   ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-07 23:53                     ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-09 17:46                       ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-09 19:27                         ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-01  7:55 ` Keith Owens
2002-08-01  8:10   ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-04  6:50   ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-01 11:32 ` Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 13:54   ` Alan Cox
2002-08-01 12:48     ` Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 12:12 ` Linux v2.4.19-rc5 - APM bug Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 13:32   ` [PANIC] APM bug with -rc4 and -rc5 Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 14:55     ` Alan Cox
2002-08-01 13:56       ` Willy Tarreau
2002-08-01 15:24         ` Willy Tarreau
2002-08-01 16:53           ` Alan Cox
2002-08-01 16:41             ` Willy Tarreau
2002-08-01 20:35             ` [PATCH] solved APM bug with -rc5 Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 20:52               ` Richard Gooch
2002-08-01 20:54                 ` Richard Gooch
2002-08-01 21:17                   ` Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 22:37                     ` Alan Cox
2002-08-01 20:58                 ` Dave Jones
2002-08-01 22:16               ` Alan Cox
2002-08-01 21:07                 ` Willy Tarreau
2002-08-01 21:47                   ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2002-08-02  0:12                 ` [PATCH] solved APM bug with -rc5 (take 2) Willy TARREAU
2002-08-02  1:47 ` [PATCH] pdc20265 problem Nick Orlov
2002-08-02  2:29   ` Nick Orlov
2002-08-02 12:27   ` Alan Cox
2002-08-02 12:52     ` Nick Orlov
2002-08-02 14:00       ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2002-08-02 14:45         ` Nick Orlov

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