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Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 12:09:06 -0800
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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: Patch: linux-2.5.8-pre1/kernel/exit.c change caused BUG() atboot 
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On 4 Apr 2002, Robert Love wrote:
> >
> > Eh, maybe - what about all the code that sets non-running before putting
> > itself on a wait queue?
> 
> In most cases that code will call a schedule itself.
> 
> Of course, we might make just ZOMBIE a special case, but in general I
> think it's simply absolutely wrong for the preemption to change task
> internal data structures on its own.
>
Amen!
 
>                 Linus
> 

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High-res-timers:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/
Real time sched:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtsched/
Preemption patch: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml
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