Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:24:31 +0200 | From | Antonio Vargas <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test1-mm1 |
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On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 03:37:58PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: > Antonio Vargas wrote: > [...] > >It always happened to me when I run "make menuconfig" under gnome-terminal > >on > >redhat 9 with 2.5.73. Is it because of busy-waiting on a variable shared > >amongst multiple processes/threads? If so, it smells of a bug in the > >application, > >busy-waiting is _BAD_. > > Ouch. Well, it is good that scheduler changes made the bug visible, > so it can be fixed. Certainly no reason to > work around it in the kernel, the effort is better spent on fixing > the bug. Distributors can make sure they have fixed their apps > before distributing 2.6. > > Helge Hafting
I filled an entry on redhat's bugzilla, but the response was "keep the terminal minimised while doing heavy terminal output". I quit redhat next day.
I could translate this to "Look mom, I can config my kernel while blindfolded!!!" ;)
I wonder if someone has produced an small test-case for this, which works on 2.4 and dies in 2.5 or 2.6... it would then be "easy" to check and fix the apps.
Greets, Antonio.
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