* Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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. oh, indeed - agreed - i missed the fact that is_locked check is sporadic and can cause other CPUs to prevent the wakeup of klogd. I've zapped the change. Ingo -- 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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