From: Daniel Thompson Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 08:48:45 +0000 (+0100) Subject: serial: kgdb_nmi: Switch from tasklets to real timers X-Git-Tag: omap-for-v3.16/fixes-against-rc1~39^2~35^2~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8a0ff60f7eeab3df34d475c952b9d75799de8975;p=pandora-kernel.git serial: kgdb_nmi: Switch from tasklets to real timers kgdb_nmi uses tasklets on the assumption they will not be scheduled until the next timer tick. This assumption is invalid and can lead to live lock, continually servicing the kgdb_nmi tasklet. This is fixed by using the timer API instead. Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Reading git-diff-tree failed