From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754152AbYIQNNi (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:13:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752465AbYIQNNa (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:13:30 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:53436 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752411AbYIQNN3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:13:29 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:13:06 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Cyrill Gorcunov Cc: j_kernel@hoblitt.com, Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 11543] New: kernel panic: softlockup in tick_periodic() ??? Message-ID: <20080917131306.GB20626@elte.hu> References: <20080917024312.GA23209@hoblitt.com> <20080917071357.GA7455@lenovo> <20080917092058.GB23209@hoblitt.com> <20080917125950.GA7309@lenovo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080917125950.GA7309@lenovo> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0098] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Evetually nmi_watchdog=2 does work right? Though it's not good that > we've got 8259 spurious interrupt. Hmm... well, nmi_watchdog=2 changes the layout of clockevent devices and easily switches the system into non-highres non-dynticks mode. So it can hide bugs. Ingo