Re: [PATCH] printk deadlocks if called with runqueue lock held

[Pavel Machek]

On Wed 2008-01-23 13:36:12, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >
> > Could try_to_wakeup use trylock, and only avoid wakeup if lock is
> > already held?
> > 							Pavel
> 
> I could imagine a lot of missed wakeups caused by that.

...alternative being suggested is to miss _all_ the wakeups. So
"missing some" seems like better alternative.

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