linux-kernel - Re: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/fork.c:385

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Date:	Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:42:30 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	David Chinner <dgc@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/fork.c:385

On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:45:31PM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:05:54PM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > > On Thu, 31 May 2007, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I used the sn2_defconfig in the tree :)
> > > 
> > > That is a static kernel build. Ideal for that kind of bug.
> > Quite the opposite.
> 
> I thought that a static kernel build would throw out the __exit sections? 
> So it should trigger the bug?
Correct. But the other section mismatch warnings that Prarit
posted was not related to .exit.text (IIRC).

Anyway I will try to do a ia64 build tonight to take a short look at it.
If there is something general then I will fix it in modpost.

	Sam
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