Re: [BUG] TASK_DEAD task is able to be woken up in special condition

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Jan 26 2012 - 04:40:06 EST



* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > It can generate delays at the exact same place, and can
> > generate much longer delays than an SMI, if a high-prio RT
> > task comes along.
>
> No it can't, since do_exit() plays silly games with
> preempt_disable().

ok, it being a critical section on both -rt and vanilla upstream
explains it.

Thanks,

Ingo
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