Re: More on 2.1.129 oops

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 16:59:43 -0800 (PST)

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On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
> >
> > Very good. Got the problem. I do not know about a real fix, but a good
> > workaround would be to remove the "inline" attribute of kernel_thread
> > in include/asm-i386/unistd.h . Would be nice if you told me if that
> > fixes the problem (it really should).
>
> Well, I was about to do that when I noticed the number of places that
> kernel_thread() is called.

That's actually a good argument for it not being inline. And it's not
timing-critical either.

I moved "kernel_thread()" into arch/i386/kernel/process.c, and made it a
real function rather than an inline thing. Does that work for you too?

Linus

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