[patch] pagecache SMP locking bug, 2.4.10.

Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu)
Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:45:09 +0200 (CEST)


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there is a SMP locking bug in 2.4.10's invalidate_list_pages2() that can
lead to a double spinlock acquire & result in a soft lockup. Patch
attached.

Ingo

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