Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262034AbVDRLPg (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:15:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262038AbVDRLPg (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:15:36 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:15826 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262034AbVDRLP3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:15:29 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.12-rc2-mm3 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Alexander Nyberg Cc: Mikael Pettersson , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1113822345.365.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <200504172339.j3HNdIDF011543@harpo.it.uu.se> <1113822345.365.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:14:58 +0200 Message-Id: <1113822898.6274.41.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 3.7 (+++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (3.7 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 1.1 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 825 Lines: 19 On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 13:05 +0200, Alexander Nyberg wrote: > [Proper patch now that goes all the way, sorry for spamming] > > Patch below uses RETIRED_UOPS for a more constant rate of NMI sending. > This makes x64 deliver NMI interrupts every fourth second at a constant > rate when going through the local apic. Makes both cpus on my box to get > NMIs at constant rate that it previously did not, there could be long > delays when a CPU was idle. isn't this dangerous in the light of the mobile cpus that either scale back or stop entirely in idle or lower load situations ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/