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SubjectRe: regression from softlockup fix
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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:43:38 +0100

> * David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>
> > I suspect that what is happening is that the NOHZ period is longer
> > than the softlockup timeout (10 seconds) and we get an interrupt
> > before the watchdog thread gets onto the cpu.
>
> indeed! Does the patch below do the trick?

I'm sure it works but it partly defeats the purpose of NOHZ.

I really like it that my cpus sleep completely for hours at a time
when not in use. :)

Anyways, I'll give your patch a test.
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