From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 23:01:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 23:01:42 -0400 Received: from svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com ([24.136.46.5]:55305 "EHLO svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 23:01:41 -0400 Subject: Re: Sleeping function called from illegal context... From: Robert Love To: Andre Hedrick Cc: Andrew Morton , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1033182396.22584.22.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.1.1.99 (Preview Release) Date: 27 Sep 2002 23:06:36 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 22:04, Andre Hedrick wrote: > See in trying to move to a spinlock it goes totally south. > So now that you know the where, and why ... please go fix. > See I am off working with AC on the issues for 2.4. > > Also with PREMPT, bah never mind. Sigh... I do not want to start this but this problem has nothing to do with preemption and everything to do with you sleeping while holding a lock. It exists whether preempt is on or off. Robert Love