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SubjectRe: rcu self-detected stall messages on OMAP3, 4 boards
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 01:31:49PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [120921 12:58]:
> >
> > Just to make sure I understand the combinations:
> >
> > o All stalls have happened when running a minimal userspace.
> > o CONFIG_NO_HZ=n suppresses the stalls.
> > o CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ (which depends on CONFIG_NO_HZ=y) has
> > no observable effect on the stalls.
>
> The reason why you may need minimal userspace is to cut down
> the number of timers waking up the system with NO_HZ.
> Booting with init=/bin/sh might also do the trick for that.

Good point! This does make for a very quiet system, but does not
reproduce the problem under kvm, even after waiting for four minutes.
I will leave it for more time, but it looks like I really might need to
ask Linaro for remote access to a Panda.

Thanx, Paul



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