Re: [PATCH] rtc: fix deadlock

[Ingo Molnar]

* Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for the patch, I'll give it a try ASAP.
> 
> The sporadic nature of the bug means that it will probably take a 
> couple of days of testing and dozens of reboots w/o problems before 
> I'm confident to say that the problem's been fixed.

btw., i've seen that lockup too on a testbox - but havent been able to 
track it down yet. You went further and presented the bug on a plate by 
tracking it down to the loop in get_rtc_time() - so now we can both test 
the fix and see whether the lockups are gone.

	Ingo
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