Re: Oops in get_boot_pages at reboot

[Manfred Spraul]

Olof Johansson wrote:

> So __pollwait() calls __get_free_page(), system_running is 0 so
> get_boot_pages is called. Since get_boot_pages is labeled __init, badness
> happens.
>  
I didn't notice that the reboot code resets system_running to 0, sorry.

> How about checking against mem_init_done instead of system_running? It
> helps against the oops, but there might be some good reason not to do
> it.
mem_init_done is ppc specific. Is there an equivalent to system_running 
that is not set to 0 during reboot?

--
   Manfred

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