linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] restore the RCU callback to defer put_task

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Date:	Tue, 8 Aug 2006 14:35:22 -0700
From:	"Robert Crocombe" <rcrocomb@...il.com>
To:	"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	"hui Bill Huey" <billh@...ppy.monkey.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Darren Hart" <dvhltc@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch] restore the RCU callback to defer put_task_struct() Re: Problems with 2.6.17-rt8

On 8/8/06, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> How far back do you get this bug?  I mean if you go back and test the
> previous kernels, where did you start seeing this?

I have so far been unable to provoke the problem under 2.6.16-rt29.

I was able to provoke things once easily under 17-rt1, but subsequent
attempts to trigger the bug have so far yielded no results.

I'm back to poking at 16-rt29 to see if the problem is simply somewhat
less likely.

-- 
Robert Crocombe
rcrocomb@...il.com
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