Hi, Please consider applying. Description: Use msleep() instead of schedule_timeout() to guarantee the task delays as expected. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer --- kj-domen/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c~msleep-arch_ia64_kernel_smpboot arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c --- kj/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c~msleep-arch_ia64_kernel_smpboot 2005-01-23 00:24:08.000000000 +0100 +++ kj-domen/arch/ia64/kernel/smpboot.c 2005-01-23 00:24:08.000000000 +0100 @@ -612,8 +612,7 @@ void __cpu_die(unsigned int cpu) */ return; } - current->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE; - schedule_timeout(HZ/10); + msleep(100); } printk(KERN_ERR "CPU %u didn't die...\n", cpu); } _