Re: SMP lockup

Richard B. Johnson (root@analogic.com)
Mon, 3 Mar 1997 18:38:27 -0500 (EST)


On 3 Mar 1997, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.970303094044.265A-101000@chaos.analogic.com>,
> Richard B. Johnson <root@analogic.com> wrote:
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>
> The good news is that I _think_ I have found the problem, and I'm
> running a personal test-kernel that has so far been up for almost an
> hour under a load that usually crashed it within 15 minutes before my
> fix.
>
> Tha bad news is that my current fix is so horribly ugly that I don't
> dare show it to anybody but Alan and David (and David hurled chunks when
> he saw it ;)
>
> Anyway, I hope to have this fixed in 2.1.28, with the really ugly fix
> unless I can make it cleaner. This has been my #1 priority for the last
> few days, and I finally feel like I have a good angle on it. Knock
> wood.
>
> Linus
>
Thanks. I'll wait for 2.1.28 and see if I can break it!!

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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