Messages in this thread | | | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [clocksource] 8c30ace35d: WARNING:at_kernel/time/clocksource.c:#clocksource_watchdog | Date | Tue, 27 Apr 2021 23:09:49 +0200 |
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Paul,
On Tue, Apr 27 2021 at 10:50, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 06:37:46AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: >> I suppose that I give it (say) 120 seconds instead of the current 60, >> which might be the right thing to do, but it does feel like papering >> over a very real initramfs problem. Alternatively, I could provide a >> boot parameter allowing those with slow systems to adjust as needed. > > OK, it turns out that there are systems for which boot times in excess > of one minute are expected behavior. They are a bit rare, though. > So what I will do is keep the 60-second default, add a boot parameter, > and also add a comment by the warning pointing out the boot parameter.
Oh, no. This starts to become yet another duct tape horror show.
I'm not at all against a more robust and resilent watchdog mechanism, but having a dozen knobs to tune and heuristics which are doomed to fail is not a solution at all.
Thanks,
tglx
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