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SubjectRe: HPET regression in 2.6.26 versus 2.6.25 -- question about NMI watchdog


> > I found something very interesting about the commit that first causes
> > the lockup (3def3d6d...), and the very next commit (1e934dda...) -- if
> > I checkout 1e94... and try to revert the changes made in 3def..., the
> > kernel freezes in spite of the revert.
> >
> > Because of this, I would conclude that your patch for 2.6.27-rc3 was
> > doomed before you began, and we should look more carefully at the
> > commits from February instead of trying to revert at the 2.6.27 HEAD.
>
> i'm still wondering whether we could try to figure out something about
> the nature of the hard lockup itself.
>
> Have you tried to activate the NMI watchdog? It _usually_ works fine if
> you use a boot option along the lines of:
>
> "lapic nmi_watchdog=2 idle=poll"

I have to go to work for a few hours right now, but will try this out when
I get home. (Actually, I'm late for work as I type this... but I have my
priorities straight! ;)

Quick question: a quick browse of 'Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt' suggests
that I should use "nmi_watchdog=1", since I have SMP (CPU = Athlon 64 X2,
with CONFIG_SMP=y). Should I follow your suggestion later, or follow the
recommendation of the 'nmi_watchdog.txt' doc?


Much thanks,
Dave W.


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