Re: 2.5.2-pre2-3 SMP broken on UP boxen

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
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> > 	My test box is a single proc machine running an SMP kernel. As
> > of 2.5.2-pre2 it panics on boot. [...]
> 
> the same on 2.5.3-pre3 as well?

Yes -pre3 too, started at -pre2. I'm testing on -pre3 currently

> > [...] The reason is kinda obvious, smp_processor_id() will always
> > return the same as global_irq_holder. How come we do this check now?
> 
> it should only be set when the current CPU has disabled global IRQs.

Al Viro just asked me to try something, patch coming in...

Regards,
	Zwane Mwaikambo