Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752122AbWCFHrQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 02:47:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752144AbWCFHrQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 02:47:16 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:59082 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752122AbWCFHrP (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2006 02:47:15 -0500 X-Authenticated: #14349625 Subject: Re: Fw: Re: oops in choose_configuration() From: Mike Galbraith To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andrew Morton , Greg KH , Ingo Molnar , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Dave Jones In-Reply-To: References: <20060304121723.19fe9b4b.akpm@osdl.org> <20060304213447.GA4445@kroah.com> <20060304135138.613021bd.akpm@osdl.org> <20060304221810.GA20011@kroah.com> <20060305154858.0fb0006a.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:47:20 +0100 Message-Id: <1141631240.26111.11.camel@homer> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 714 Lines: 22 On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 21:00 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Is there something else I've missed? Maybe. Does this add anything to the picture? During boot, recalc_task_prio() is called with now < p->timestamp. This causes quite a stir. If you WARN_ON(now < p->timestamp) or printk, you'll have a dead box due to hundreds of gripes as things churn. Adding... if (unlikely(now < p->timestamp)) __sleep_time = 0ULL; ...turns it into exactly one gripe. -Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/