Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:06:25 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] lib/spinlock_debug: avoid one thread can not obtain the spinlock for a long time. |
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On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 01:04:31PM -0400, Wang, Xiaoming wrote: > loops_per_jiffy is larger than expectation that possible > causes one thread can not obtain the spin lock for a long time. > So use cpu_clock() to reach timeout in one second which can > avoid HARD LOCKUP.
This is just not making sense.. one thing is broken so then you tape on another? Fix the first already.
Also, why do you care?
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