Re: PROBLEM: Consistent lock up on >=2.6.8

[Andrew Morton]

Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  On Tuesday 05 October 2004 04:05, Andrew Morton wrote:
>  > update_defense_level() is calling si_meminfo() from timer context.  But
>  > si_meminfo takes non-irq-safe locks.
>  >
>  > Move it all to keventd context.
> 
>  That appears to have fixed it. I'm running my regular test and, while 
>  interactivity is non-existent, it hasn't locked. I'll leave it going for 
>  another few hours and report back to confirm.
> 
>  Much gratitude. I should go out and buy a kernel book so that I may some day 
>  be able to repay the favour. :)

You reported the bug, then you applied and ran the debug patch and then you
sent back the info which was necessary to arrive at a fix and then you
tested the fix.

How could you possibly have anything further to "repay"?
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