Systemtap command hangs due to a race between kthread_create() and kthread_stop()

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Issue

  • A race condition between kthread_create() and kthread_stop() causes the hang-up of 'staprun -L' and 'staprun -d' command.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4

  • kernel:2.6.18-164.el5

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