Re: linux-2.2.12 SMP threading problem triggered by Kaffe

[Alan Cox]

> >In 2.2.10 it could. The IPI timeout  occurs when we get a
> deadlock across
> >CPU's. One cpu is waiting for a lock and not listening to the
> interrupts
> >the other one is asking it to handle and reply to.
> 
> so then someone calling a syncoronized java method could
> possibly cause a dead lock which could then cause the IPI
> timout? Since the original question was about Kaffe, it is

Only if there is a kernel bug.

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