Andrew Morton <[email protected]> writes:
> Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> When __mod_timer() changes timer's base it waits for the completion
>> of timer->function. It is just stupid: the caller of __mod_timer()
>> can held locks which would prevent completion of the timer's
>> handler.
>>
>> Solution: do not change the base of the currently running timer.
>
> OK, fingers crossed. Juergen, it would be great if you could test
> Oleg's patch sometime.
I had one more lockup yesterday but that probably was caused by
something else because Azureus is running fine for 24 hours now.
Thanks Oleg!
Juergen
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