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 spinl

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

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 ha

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 messag

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, pri

[patch] Re: test11-pre2 compile error undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks'

2000-11-09 Thread Andrew Morton
John Kacur wrote: > > When attempting to compile test11-pre2, I get the following compile > error. > > arch/i386/mm/mm.o: In function `do_page_fault': > arch/i386/mm/mm.o(.text+0x781): undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 It was inside an ifdef. Apologies. Thi

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

2000-11-09 Thread Keith Owens
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 00:32:49 -0500, John Kacur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >When attempting to compile test11-pre2, I get the following compile >error. > >arch/i386/mm/mm.o: In function `do_page_fault': >arch/i386/mm/mm.o(.text+0x781): undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' >make: *** [vmlinux] E

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

2000-11-09 Thread Jeff Garzik
Keith Owens wrote: > Index: 0-test11-pre2.1/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c > --- 0-test11-pre2.1/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:10:37 +1100 kaos >(linux-2.4/A/c/1_traps.c 1.1.2.2.1.1.2.1.2.3.1.2.3.1.1.2 644) > +++ 0-test11-pre2.1(w)/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:56:54 +1100

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

2000-11-09 Thread Keith Owens
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 00:32:49 -0500, John Kacur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >When attempting to compile test11-pre2, I get the following compile >error. > >arch/i386/mm/mm.o: In function `do_page_fault': >arch/i386/mm/mm.o(.text+0x781): undefined reference to `bust_spinlocks' >make: *** [vmlinux] E