Hi, Please consider applying. Description: Use ssleep() instead of schedule_timeout() to guarantee the task delays as expected. The current code is not incorrect, but using ssleep() encourages specifying delays in real time-units and consistency across the kernel. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer --- kj-domen/arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c~ssleep-arch_ppc64_kernel_traps arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c --- kj/arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c~ssleep-arch_ppc64_kernel_traps 2005-01-23 00:24:29.000000000 +0100 +++ kj-domen/arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c 2005-01-23 00:24:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -137,8 +138,7 @@ int die(const char *str, struct pt_regs 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); _