Re: Deadlock (Was: psaux device regression in 2.2.16)

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Thu Jun 15 2000 - 05:24:12 EST


> While I haven't had the time to back out the changes to the psaux
> code just yet, I can confirm that 2.2.16 definitly broke handling of
> the PS/2 code. On my SMP Pentium III, 2.2.16 deadlocks after a few
> hours. This always seems to be correlated to me moving the mouse
> pointer (I have a Logitech trackball). When the machine locks, it

The PS/2 change doesn't include any loops. I would thus be very suprised if
that is the cause

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