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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Work around for periodic do_gettimeofday hang
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On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 09:47, Alan Cox wrote:
> What are the other CPUs doing in this case ?

Actually, I don't know ... I can't seem to persuade the voyagers to
broadcast an NMI to give up that information.

However, unfortunately, I got a similar hang at HZ=100 this time not
implicating do_gettimeofday.

I'll continue investigating.

James