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[Bug runtime/6487] kernel.function("internal_add_timer") freezes system.
- From: "fche at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 7 May 2008 19:24:35 -0000
- Subject: [Bug runtime/6487] kernel.function("internal_add_timer") freezes system.
- References: <20080507143402.6487.mhiramat@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
------- Additional Comments From fche at redhat dot com 2008-05-07 19:24 -------
(In reply to comment #5)
> The whole relay and timer subsystem may need to be put into the probing
> blacklist. Argh.
And indeed this reminds me of another reason for my reticence to push more
parts of the systemtap runtime into the kernel proper. By keeping the code
"inlined" in our module instead of the kernel, it is not subject to probing
and thus reentrance/deadlock.
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