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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
To: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: opost_block sleeping in illegal context.
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 20:32:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030408203235.60103051.akpm@digeo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030409011212.GB25834@suse.de>

Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Not seen this one before.. 2.5.67
> 
> 		Dave
> 
> 
> Debug: sleeping function called from illegal context at include/linux/rwsem.h:43
> Call Trace:
>  [<c0120d61>] __might_sleep+0x61/0x80
>  [<c011c3af>] do_page_fault+0x19f/0x4e4
>  [<c013104b>] specific_send_sig_info+0xeb/0x160
>  [<c03291f5>] opost_block+0xf5/0x1c0
>  [<c011c66d>] do_page_fault+0x45d/0x4e4
>  [<c011c210>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x4e4
>  [<c010b41d>] error_code+0x2d/0x40
>  [<c02e66d6>] __copy_to_user_ll+0x26/0x50
>  [<c010e967>] save_v86_state+0x1a7/0x1c0
>  [<c011c210>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x4e4
>  [<c010a4b6>] work_notifysig_v86+0x6/0x20
>  [<c010a457>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb

No, this isn't opost_block().  It's the vm86 stuff, but I can't see why.

Is do_page_fault+0x19f/0x4e4 a down_read()?  Which one?

If it's repeatable, please change __might_sleep() to display preempt_count()
and irqs_disabled().

      reply	other threads:[~2003-04-09  3:20 UTC|newest]

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2003-04-09  1:12 Dave Jones
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