Re: 2.6.25-rc2-mm1 - boot hangs on ia64

From: Andrew Morton <akpm_at_linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2008-02-29 05:13:43
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:50:41 +0100 Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> @@ -1000,7 +1001,7 @@ void release_console_sem(void)
>  	 * If we try to wake up klogd while printing with the runqueue lock
>  	 * held, this will deadlock.
>  	 */
> -	if (wake_klogd && !runqueue_is_locked())
> +	if (wake_klogd)
>  		wake_up_klogd();
>  }

I don't think we shoudl have added that hack in the first place.  It solves a
problem which about three developers hit four times in five years but it
has made kernel logging less reliable for everyone.

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Received on Fri Feb 29 05:15:59 2008

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