Re: 2.6.0-test3-mm1: scheduling while atomic (ext3?)

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Aug 13 2003 - 06:11:37 EST


> But if a prefetch of zero oopses then we should be oopsing in there all the
> time.
>

If it's an Opteron then it's a known errata (#91 iirc). Update your BIOS in
this case.

The x86-64 kernel port also has a workaround for this (adding exception
handling to the prefetches)

-Andi

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