linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kthreads: Fix startup synchronization boot crash

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Date:	Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:59:25 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	arjan@...radead.org, jeremy@...p.org, mschmidt@...hat.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tj@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kthreads: Fix startup synchronization boot crash


* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:

> On 09/01, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, this should work. But I _think_ we can make the better fix...
> > >
> > > I'll try to make the patch soon. Afaics we don't need
> > > kthreadd_task_init_done.
> >
> > ok.
> 
> Just in case, the patch is ready. [...]

yes - that's roughly the cleanup i referred to in the commit log.

way too late for -rc8 though - the minimal fix i did _might_ be 
eligible.

agreed?

	Ingo
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