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SubjectRe: [PATCH] NOHZ: local_softirq_pending with tickless plip
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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 12:52:11 +0200

> On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 15:00 +0200, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On one of my machines with tickless kernel and plip I get messages :
>
> I bet this is a machine a P4 with Hyperthreading enabled ?
>
> > NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08
> >
> > always when using plip (on other machine with tickless kernel and plip I
> > get no errors). Thebug happens both on 2.6.21 and 2.6.22-rc1
> >
> > This patch fixes that. Note that plip calls netif_rx neither from hardware
> > interrupt nor from ksoftirqd, so there is no one who would wake
> > ksoftirqd then. netif_tx calls only
> > __raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_RX_SOFTIRQ), which sets softirq bit, but
> > doesn't wake ksoftirqd.
>
> Dave,
>
> can we please get rid of __raise_softirq_irqoff() at all ? These micro
> optimizations are causing more trouble than they are worth.

Actually I think this is pointing out a bug, in that plip is not
invoking things in the proper context, which will likely cause
other problems :-)

I'll put this on my TODO list and look into this.
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