Re: [PATCH] BUG(): sched.c: Line 944

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:26:57 -0700 (PDT)


On 16 Sep 2002, Robert Love wrote:
>
> But, ugh, more fun: we preempt_disable() in do_exit(). Every exiting
> task hits the test. My syslog is huge.
>
> At least for now, can we please revert the check to in_interrupt() ?

I really think the test is correct, and if we revert it now, we certainly
won't be able to re-introduce it later when we're closer to 2.6.

So if the in_atomic() change is enough to fix everything but do_exit(),
then how about just making do_exit() use PREEMPT_ACTIVE instead?

Linus

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