From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:22:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:22:07 -0500 Received: from jump-isi.interactivesi.com ([207.8.4.2]:47609 "HELO dinero.interactivesi.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:22:00 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:21:58 -0600 From: Timur Tabi To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010118161000.A3487@mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <001c01c08199$387205f0$067039c3@cintasverdes> <001c01c08199$387205f0$067039c3@cintasverdes> from Jorge Boncompte (DTI2) on 01/18/2001 15:54 Subject: Re: ERR in /proc/interrupts X-Mailer: The Polarbar Mailer; version=1.19a; build=73 Message-Id: <20010118222204Z135868-404+1119@vger.kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ** Reply to message from Tim Walberg on Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:10:00 -0600 > A quick perusal of the 2.2.18 source code (I don't have > a copy of 2.4.x handy) shows that it's directly > related to the number of IPIs (inter-processor > interrupts) the system has taken. I'm not real > sure under what conditions this occurs, but it's > someplace to start... I thought one reason why IPI's were used was to synchronize the CPUs for a cache flush. That hardly sounds like an error condition to me. -- Timur Tabi - ttabi@interactivesi.com Interactive Silicon - http://www.interactivesi.com When replying to a mailing-list message, please direct the reply to the mailing list only. Don't send another copy to me. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/