The nfsd holds the big kernel lock upon exit, when it really shouldn't. Not to mention that this breaks Ingo's RT patch. This is a trivial fix to release the lock.
Ingo, this patch also works with your kernel, and stops the problem with nfsd. Note, there's a "goto out;" where "out:" is right above svc_exit_thread. The point of the goto also holds the kernel_lock, so I don't see any problem here in releasing it. -- Steve Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.13-rc6-git4/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c.orig 2005-08-17 14:12:02.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.13-rc6-git4/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c 2005-08-17 14:12:25.000000000 -0400 @@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ out: svc_exit_thread(rqstp); /* Release module */ + unlock_kernel(); module_put_and_exit(0); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/