Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:42:59 +0200 | From | Jarek Poplawski <> | Subject | Re: Soft-Lockup/Race in networking in 2.6.31-rc1+195 ( possibly?caused by netem) |
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On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 11:27:30PM +0100, Joao Correia wrote: > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Jarek Poplawski<jarkao2@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 10:44:47PM +0100, Joao Correia wrote: > >> Hello again > > Hello! > > > > ... > >> So again, the only thing that stops that freeze is `echo 0 >> > >> /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration`. Apologies for pointing you in the > >> wrong direction. > > > > No problem: the direction is almost right, we only need one U-turn ;-) > > In case you're not bored or too bored, one little patch to check the > > other side (after reverting the previous patch). > > > > Thanks, > > Jarek P. > > --- > > > > kernel/hrtimer.c | 2 +- > > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c > > index 9002958..23387e4 100644 > > --- a/kernel/hrtimer.c > > +++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c > > @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ switch_hrtimer_base(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base, > > int cpu, preferred_cpu = -1; > > > > cpu = smp_processor_id(); > > -#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ) && defined(CONFIG_SMP) > > +#if 0 > > if (!pinned && get_sysctl_timer_migration() && idle_cpu(cpu)) { > > preferred_cpu = get_nohz_load_balancer(); > > if (preferred_cpu >= 0) > > > > (this time i triple-checked :-) ) > > So, with only this last patch applied, no freeze. No need to disable > anything through /proc. > > Where should i put the BUG_ON?
Hmm... Not so fast! I've looked in timers till now; "tomorrow" I'll "change resolution". ;-)
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