Messages in this thread | | | From | Bongani Hlope <> | Subject | Re: Shutdown and Reboot Regression 2.6.25-rc[78] | Date | Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:50:24 +0200 |
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On Monday 14 April 2008 17:09:41 Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Since you cannot see this on -rc9, can you go back to -rc8 and test this > > patch [...] > > Oh, maybe I should actually include the patch too ;) > > Linus > --- > kernel/printk.c | 16 ++++++++++++++-- > 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c > index c46a20a..4476879 100644 > --- a/kernel/printk.c > +++ b/kernel/printk.c > @@ -643,8 +643,20 @@ static int > acquire_console_semaphore_for_printk(unsigned int cpu) { > int retval = 0; > > - if (can_use_console(cpu)) > - retval = !try_acquire_console_sem(); > + if (!try_acquire_console_sem()) { > + retval = 1; > + > + /* > + * If we can't use the console, we need to release > + * the console semaphore by hand to avoid flushing > + * the buffer > + */ > + if (!can_use_console(cpu)) { > + console_locked = 0; > + up(&console_sem); > + retval = 0; > + } > + } > printk_cpu = UINT_MAX; > spin_unlock(&logbuf_lock); > return retval; > --
Sorry for the late response, we have a electric situation in the country, the patch fixes the problem for me (tested on rc8).
Thanx
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