On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:12:14 +0100 Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > * Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:50:41 +0100 Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > @@ -1000,7 +1001,7 @@ void release_console_sem(void) > > > * If we try to wake up klogd while printing with the runqueue lock > > > * held, this will deadlock. > > > */ > > > - if (wake_klogd && !runqueue_is_locked()) > > > + if (wake_klogd) > > > wake_up_klogd(); > > > } > > > > I don't think we shoudl have added that hack in the first place. It > > solves a problem which about three developers hit four times in five > > years but it has made kernel logging less reliable for everyone. > > well, the problem was ia64, not a problem on x86 or other platforms. I am referring to the original change which made klogd wakeups unreliable. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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