Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 12:31:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 12:31:48 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:21773 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 12:31:29 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Avoid a race in complete_change_console() To: pf-kernel@mirkwood.net (PinkFreud) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:38:00 +0000 (GMT) Cc: christopher.j.ahna@intel.com (Chris Ahna), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "PinkFreud" at Oct 28, 2001 12:25:14 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Chris, THANK YOU! I've been having a problem on my SMP system for months > now, where if I started X, switched to a text console, and then back to X, > the system would lock up. Your patch actually fixed it! > > Alan, could you please make sure this patch makes it into the kernel? Already in my tree - 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/