> a missed 'current->counter -= ticks', and infinitly running user-space
> code? Since the need_resched flag is detected after returning from
> do_IRQ(), schedule() never sees the decrement and will always select that
> process, causing a 'soft hang', where you can ping the box but nothing
> really works. Does this describe your hang?
Yes! Ping worked while X was not more respondig to the keyboard and mouse
input. So your current->real->counter should fix that.
Andrea[s] Arcangeli
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