Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:55:52 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [patch] fix the softlockup watchdog to actually work |
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> > Still isn't working. I'm getting random meaningless softlockup > > trippings coming out for no apparent reason. > > hm, you still havent applied the other 4 patches i sent: > > softlockup-fix.patch > > softlockup-add-irq-regs-h.patch > softlockup-better-printout.patch > softlockup-cleanups.patch > softlockup-use-cpu-clock.patch > > they are all necessary. > > softlockup-use-cpu-clock.patch could easily solve the present problem > you have: as i pointed it out it is _wrong_ to use sched_clock(), > because sched_clock() is not a reliable clocksource. Especially on > your VAIO.
note: the cpu_clock() API is in v2.6.23-rc1 already so the above patches work fine as-is.
[ for -stable, my other patch should be used that restores jiffies use in softirq.c. ]
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