Re: Fw: Re: oops in choose_configuration()

[Ingo Molnar]

* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> @@ -4028,6 +4028,8 @@ static inline void __cond_resched(void)
>  	 */
>  	if (unlikely(preempt_count()))
>  		return;
> +	if (unlikely(system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING))
> +		return;

we used to have this, but it was frowned upon during the initial lkml 
review of -VP so i fixed all the known 'early bootup scheduling 
assumptions' and removed this condition .. but that was a losing battle 
i suspect. In any case, i fully agree with your fix. We also need this 
fix for v2.6.16.

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

	Ingo
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