[PATCH 1/1] stp: rt: force to enable preempt
Frank Ch. Eigler
fche@redhat.com
Mon Oct 26 14:21:00 GMT 2015
Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@windriver.com> writes:
> -rt mode preempt lead to __might_sleep calltrace.
> Enabling preempt solves the problem.
> [...]
> After this patch is applied, the above backtrace disappears.
Could you elaborate why this change is a good idea, beyond defeating
the kernel warning? (It is possible that the warning is less bad than
a race condition or something that preemption in that area might
enable.)
- FChE
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