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it should not have happenned...

Forum: The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide
Re: Question Server crashes using 2.0.32 and SMP (Steve Resnick)
Re: Debugging server crash (Balaji Srinivasan)
Re: Question More Information (Steve Resnick)
Keywords: SMP Crash Help!
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 23:33:44 GMT
From: Balaji Srinivasan <>

As far as i know, wait_on_buffer should not be called from within the interrupt context. (since it explicitly calls schedule). Along with the crash, there should be a call trace that gets printed out. With that you might be able to find out what exactly called __wait_on_buffer 

Hope this helps.
balaji
PS: I doubt if RTC has anything to do with the crash...
        (maybe im wrong)