Re: [-mm patch] Avoid divide by zero errors in sched.c

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 23:10, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> This patch fixes a divide-by-zero error that I hit on a two-way i386
> machine.  rq->nr_running is tested to be non-zero, but may change by the
> time it is used in the division.  Saving the value to a local variable
> ensures that the same value that is checked is used in the division.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Con Kolivas <[email protected]>
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