Hi, Please consider applying. Description: Use ssleep() instead of schedule_timeout() to guarantee the task delays as expected. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer --- kj-domen/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~ssleep-arch_i386_kernel_traps arch/i386/kernel/traps.c --- kj/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~ssleep-arch_i386_kernel_traps 2005-01-23 00:24:29.000000000 +0100 +++ kj-domen/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c 2005-01-23 00:24:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -345,8 +345,7 @@ void die(const char * str, struct pt_reg if (panic_on_oops) { printk(KERN_EMERG "Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds\n"); - set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); - schedule_timeout(5 * HZ); + ssleep(5); panic("Fatal exception"); } do_exit(SIGSEGV); _