Re: [bisected] system hang after boot

From: Will Deacon
Date: Wed Nov 22 2017 - 14:10:18 EST


Hi Sebastian,

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 07:54:54PM +0100, Sebastian Ott wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Will Deacon wrote:
> > Now, I can't see what the break_lock is doing here other than causing
> > problems. Is there a good reason for it, or can you just try removing it
> > altogether? Patch below.
>
> With your patch applied the system is able to boot again.
> I did some quick additional tests - seems to be working fine.

That was quick, thanks!

So the million dollar question is: does somebody care about the break_lock
field and, if so, why?

Will