Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] linux-2.5.67_lost-tick-fix_A2 | From | john stultz <> | Date | 16 Apr 2003 15:46:50 -0700 |
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On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 15:32, Andrew Morton wrote: > john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > > > This patch fixes a race in the timer_interrupt code caused by > > detect_lost_tick(). > > Does this also fix the problem which Alex identified?
Nope. It just handles the detect_lost_tick() race and related problems w/ the PIT causing seq_lock reader starvation.
I'm still looking over the preempt locking issue he pointed out.
I'll likely send a more cautious version of the patch he already posted to you.
thanks -john
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