Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:03:38 +0530 | From | Dhaval Giani <> | Subject | Re: Regression with idle cpu cycle handling in 2.6.24 (compared to 2.6.22) |
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On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 03:52:44PM +0100, dAniel hAhler wrote: > Hello, > > I've now found the reason and a workaround for this. Apparently, it's > related to CONFIG_FAIR_USER_SCHED and can be worked around by > assigning a really small value to the boinc users cpu_share (125 is > the uid of "boinc"): > $ echo 2 | sudo tee /sys/kernel/uids/125/cpu_share >
Correct, that is the way to go about it.
> While looking around, I've found the following patch, which seems to > address this: > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0710.3/3849.html > > It has been posted here, but without any response. > > btw: writing 1 into "cpu_share" totally locks up the computer! >
Can you please provide some more details. Can you go into another console (try ctrl-alt-f1) and try to reproduce the issue there. Could you take a photo of the oops/panic and upload it somewhere so that we can see it?
Thanks -- regards, Dhaval
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