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SubjectRe: PROBLEM: Bug in __pollwait() can cause select() and poll() to hang in 2.4.22-pre2 -- second try

On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Rusty Russell wrote:
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> Linus? See thread below: poll_wait is called with task state !=
> TASK_RUNNING, but can do a yield on low memory, causing eternal hangs.

Hint: 2.5.x does not have this problem, because the yield() in 2.5.x isn't
buggy.

So the proper fix is to just fix yield() on 2.4.x.

Linus


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