Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:00:21 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: deadlock in scheduler enabling HRTICK feature |
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* David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/27/13 4:43 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > >On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:46:33AM -0600, David Ahern wrote: > >>On 6/26/13 1:05 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > >>>>What is the expectation that the feature provides? not a whole lot of > >>>>documentation on it. I walked down the path wondering if it solved an odd > >>>>problem we are seeing with the CFS in 2.6.27 kernel. > >>> > >>>Its supposed to use hrtimers for slice expiry instead of the regular tick. > >> > >>So theoretically CPU bound tasks would get preempted sooner? That was my > >>guess/hope anyways. > > > >Doth the below worketh? > > It doth. > > Usually make -j 8 for a kernel build in a VM would lock it up pretty > quickly. With the patch I was able to run full builds multiple > times. > > As for the solution you are avoiding the nesting by not waking up > the softirq daemon.
I guess we could merge this fix?
Thanks,
Ingo
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