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On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 10:43 -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > Looks like this path , > > arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c: time_cpufreq_notifier(); <-- takes xtime_lock > mark_tsc_unstable(); > clocksource_change_rating(&clocksource_tsc, 0); > timekeeping_change_clocksource(); <-- takes xtime_lock > > > I'm not sure why the time_cpufreq_notifier is taking the xtime_lock tho . Simply because it fiddles with variables which are relevant for timekeeping. tglx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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