On 09/01, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On 09/01, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > >> > >> On 09/01, Ingo Molnar wrote: > >> > > >> > * Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > >> > > On 09/01, Ingo Molnar wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > * Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > Yes, this should work. But I _think_ we can make the better fix... > >> > > > > > >> > > > > I'll try to make the patch soon. Afaics we don't need > >> > > > > kthreadd_task_init_done. > >> > > > > >> > > > ok. > >> > > > >> > > Just in case, the patch is ready. [...] > >> > > >> > yes - that's roughly the cleanup i referred to in the commit log. > >> > > >> > way too late for -rc8 though - the minimal fix i did _might_ be > >> > eligible. > >> > > >> > agreed? > >> > >> Agreed. Then I will sent the patch on top of this change. > > > > OK, I am sending the patch on top of your fix. Not sure how to really > > test it, but at least the kernel works when I apply the debugging patch > > below on top. > > Stupid question. How is it that we wind up trying to start kernel threads > before it is safe to do so? > > Races should be impossible because the scheduler isn't running until a few > lines later. Yes, I am confused too. At first I thought I understand the race, now I don't. Please see the whole thread: http://marc.info/?t=125180592500005 Oleg. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html