linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: Fix 32bit race

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:34:10 -0500
From:	Bruno Wolff III <bruno@...ff.to>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Fix 32bit race

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 14:07:14 +0200,
  Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> wrote:
> Ingo, can we get the below patch into sched/urgent and towards Linus
> before he cuts a release?
> 
> I'm surprised there weren't more 32bit-smp doesn't boot for me
> complaints, either Bruno is a very 'lucky' man, or nobody is using 32bit
> kernels any more since he was hitting this quite reliably.

On two different machines. Both an Athlon MP and an old Xeon were hitting
this problem on every boot.
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