linux-next: spinlock lockup with next-20081118 on powerpc

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi Jens,

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:34:09 +0100 Jens Axboe <jens.axboe at oracle.com> wrote:
>
> Are you removing devices or modules? We have a bug there it seems, does
> this help?

This is early in boot (we are waiting for the root device while running
on the initramfs) so there could well be modules being unloaded.

That patch makes the problem go away.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr at canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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