linux-kernel - Re: Fix for OpenSUSE kernel bug (was Re: [Opps] Invalid opcode)

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Message-Id: <200611301621.51240.caglar@pardus.org.tr>
Date:	Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:21:43 +0200
From:	"S.Çağlar Onur" <caglar@...dus.org.tr>
To:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Daniel Hecht <dhecht@...are.com>,
	Sahil Rihan <srihan@...are.com>,
	Trampus Richmond <trampus@...are.com>, betts@...are.com
Subject: Re: Fix for OpenSUSE kernel bug (was Re: [Opps] Invalid opcode)

Hi;

30 Kas 2006 Per 08:44 tarihinde, Zachary Amsden şunları yazmıştı: 
> I'm proposing this as a fix for your bug. Having tasklets scheduled
> before softirqd gets to run might be somewhat backwards, but there is
> nothing I can find wrong about it from a correctness point of view.
> Better to boot the kernel even when compiled with bug checking on, I think.
>
> This bug started becoming apparent in 2.6.18 because of some rework with
> the CPU hotplug code, but in theory, it exists at least all the way back
> to 2.6.10, which is as far as I looked backwards in time.

I cannot reproduce that opps with 2.6.18.4 + your patch any longer, so at 
least works for me :), thanks

Cheers
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S.Çağlar Onur <caglar@...dus.org.tr>
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