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From: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Patch preempt and win4lin
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 11:43:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030709094300.GA21693@pc.aurel32> (raw)

Hi all,

I am maintaining the Debian package containing the preemptible kernel 
from Robert Love. 

A user told me that win4lin stops working when the preemptible patch is
used. He sent me a patch (see below); I have tested it on my computer it
seems to work, however I don't understand exactly what it does. 

Could anybody can give me some comments on this patch and the possible
consequences it could generate?

Thanks
Aurelien


##
# This patch will apply to a 2.4.18 tree that has been patched with
# preempt-kernel-rml-2.4.18-5.patch
#
--- linux-2.4.18-orig/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S  Mon Feb 25 12:37:53 2002
++++ linux-2.4.18/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S       Wed Feb 27 07:16:58
2002
@@ -293,9 +293,8 @@
        jnz restore_all
        cmpl $0,need_resched(%ebx)
        jz restore_all
-       movl SYMBOL_NAME(irq_stat)+irq_stat_local_bh_count CPU_INDX,%ecx
-       addl SYMBOL_NAME(irq_stat)+irq_stat_local_irq_count
        CPU_INDX,%ecx
-       jnz restore_all
+       testl $IF_MASK,EFLAGS(%esp)     # Ints off (execption path) ?
+       jz restore_all
        incl preempt_count(%ebx)
        sti
        call SYMBOL_NAME(preempt_schedule)


             reply	other threads:[~2003-07-09  9:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-09  9:43 Aurelien Jarno [this message]
2003-07-09 22:00 ` Patch preempt and win4lin Nicholas Wourms

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