Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:10:05 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: regression from softlockup fix | From | David Miller <> |
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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. :)
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