In skas mode, the call to uml_idle_timer permanently shut off the
virtual timer, resulting in no timer ticks to anything but the idle
thread. This is likely the cause of the soft lockups that are seen
sporadically in recent UMLs.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <[email protected]>
Index: linux-2.6.12/arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.12.orig/arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c 2005-06-20 12:02:19.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.12/arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c 2005-06-20 12:06:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int current_pid(void)
void default_idle(void)
{
- uml_idle_timer();
+ CHOOSE_MODE(uml_idle_timer(), (void) 0);
atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
current->mm = &init_mm;
Index: linux-2.6.12/arch/um/kernel/skas/process_kern.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.12.orig/arch/um/kernel/skas/process_kern.c 2005-06-20 12:02:32.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.12/arch/um/kernel/skas/process_kern.c 2005-06-20 12:06:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ int start_uml_skas(void)
start_userspace(0);
init_new_thread_signals(1);
- uml_idle_timer();
init_task.thread.request.u.thread.proc = start_kernel_proc;
init_task.thread.request.u.thread.arg = NULL;
-
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