Re: crash in entry.S restore_all, 2.6.12-rc2, x86, PAGEALLOC

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* Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> wrote:

> > this fixed my crashes too.
> 
> spoke too soon - they still trigger even with the patch applied.

the patch below fixes the crash, it was related to CONFIG_PREEMPT.

	Ingo

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fix entry.S crash with PREEMPT+PAGEALLOC

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S.orig
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ ENTRY(resume_kernel)
 need_resched:
 	movl TI_flags(%ebp), %ecx	# need_resched set ?
 	testb $_TIF_NEED_RESCHED, %cl
-	jz restore_all
+	jz restore_nocheck
 	testl $IF_MASK,EFLAGS(%esp)     # interrupts off (exception path) ?
-	jz restore_all
+	jz restore_nocheck
 	call preempt_schedule_irq
 	jmp need_resched
 #endif
-
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