Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Feb 2007 20:28:40 +0100 | From | Mattia Dongili <> | Subject | Re: dynticks + iptables almost stops the boot process [was: Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3] |
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On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 05:48:26PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > Mattia, > > * Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it> wrote: > > > > I have it halfways reproducible now and I'm working to find the root > > > cause. Thanks for providing the info. > > > > Great, I'm obviously available to test any patch :) > > Could you try the patch below? The RCU serialization code (a rare call > but can be common in some types of setups) has a nasty implicit > dependency on the HZ tick - which until now was a hidden wart but became > an explicit bug under dynticks. Maybe this is what is slowing down your > box.
No, not this. Anyway the last patch Thomas forwarded does fix the problem.
By the way, I have all the patches I received stacked up, if you want me to test some different combination, just ask.
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