> When I attempted to boot linux-2.5.8-pre1, I got a kernel
> BUG() for exit.c line 519. The was a small change to to kernel/exit.c
> in 2.5.8-pre1 which deleted a kernel_lock() call. Restoring that line
> resulted in a kernel that booted fine. I am sending this email from
> the machine running that kernel (so I guess a matching release of
> the kernel lock is already in the code).
It should be added that the bug is hit only if CONFIG_PREEMPT is on.
Stelian.
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