Re: test11-pre2 compile error undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' WHAT?!

2000-11-13 Thread George Anzinger
Andrew Morton wrote: > > George Anzinger wrote: > > > > The notion of releasing a spin lock by initializing it seems IMHO, on > > the face of it, way off. Firstly the protected area is no longer > > protected which could lead to undefined errors/ crashes and secondly, > > any future use of

Re: test11-pre2 compile error undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' WHAT?!

2000-11-13 Thread George Anzinger
Andrew Morton wrote: George Anzinger wrote: The notion of releasing a spin lock by initializing it seems IMHO, on the face of it, way off. Firstly the protected area is no longer protected which could lead to undefined errors/ crashes and secondly, any future use of spinlocks to

Re: test11-pre2 compile error undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' WHAT?!

2000-11-11 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > George Anzinger wrote: > > > > The notion of releasing a spin lock by initializing it seems IMHO, on > > the face of it, way off. Firstly the protected area is no longer > > protected which could lead to undefined errors/ crashes and secondly, > >

Re: test11-pre2 compile error undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' WHAT?!

2000-11-11 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: George Anzinger wrote: The notion of releasing a spin lock by initializing it seems IMHO, on the face of it, way off. Firstly the protected area is no longer protected which could lead to undefined errors/ crashes and secondly, any future use

Re: test11-pre2 compile error undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' WHAT?!

2000-11-10 Thread Andrew Morton
George Anzinger wrote: > > The notion of releasing a spin lock by initializing it seems IMHO, on > the face of it, way off. Firstly the protected area is no longer > protected which could lead to undefined errors/ crashes and secondly, > any future use of spinlocks to control preemption could

Re: test11-pre2 compile error undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' WHAT?!

2000-11-10 Thread Keith Owens
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:15:54 -0800, George Anzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The notion of releasing a spin lock by initializing it seems IMHO, on >the face of it, way off. Normally it would be, but these are NMI and panic messages. The system is pretty dead at that point, getting the

Re: test11-pre2 compile error undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' WHAT?!

2000-11-10 Thread George Anzinger
The notion of releasing a spin lock by initializing it seems IMHO, on the face of it, way off. Firstly the protected area is no longer protected which could lead to undefined errors/ crashes and secondly, any future use of spinlocks to control preemption could have a lot of trouble with this,

Re: test11-pre2 compile error undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' WHAT?!

2000-11-10 Thread George Anzinger
The notion of releasing a spin lock by initializing it seems IMHO, on the face of it, way off. Firstly the protected area is no longer protected which could lead to undefined errors/ crashes and secondly, any future use of spinlocks to control preemption could have a lot of trouble with this,

Re: test11-pre2 compile error undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' WHAT?!

2000-11-10 Thread Keith Owens
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:15:54 -0800, George Anzinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The notion of releasing a spin lock by initializing it seems IMHO, on the face of it, way off. Normally it would be, but these are NMI and panic messages. The system is pretty dead at that point, getting the message

Re: test11-pre2 compile error undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' WHAT?!

2000-11-10 Thread Andrew Morton
George Anzinger wrote: The notion of releasing a spin lock by initializing it seems IMHO, on the face of it, way off. Firstly the protected area is no longer protected which could lead to undefined errors/ crashes and secondly, any future use of spinlocks to control preemption could have a