Hello!
Werner, is this that funny driver which uses chained BHs?
> Can someone explain, and maybe do something, please? Or am I supposed to
> compile kernel all the time on my production ATM routers.
Well, you can try the following patch:
diff -ur ../vger3-010308/linux/arch/i386/kernel/process.c linux/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
--- ../vger3-010308/linux/arch/i386/kernel/process.c Tue Feb 20 22:05:42 2001
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/process.c Thu Mar 15 22:47:14 2001
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
{
if (current_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok && !hlt_counter) {
__cli();
- if (!current->need_resched)
+ if (!current->need_resched &&
+ !(softirq_active(smp_processor_id())&softirq_mask(smp_processor_id())))
safe_halt();
else
__sti();
Alexey
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