Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261687AbVE3SZ2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2005 14:25:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261672AbVE3SZW (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2005 14:25:22 -0400 Received: from mx2.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:16852 "EHLO mx2.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261676AbVE3SWj (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2005 14:22:39 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 20:22:07 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Kyle Moffett Cc: Linus Torvalds , Pekka Enberg , Pekka Enberg , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PROBLEM] Machine Freezes while Running Crossover Office Message-ID: <20050530182207.GA8111@elte.hu> References: <1117291619.9665.6.camel@localhost> <84144f0205052911202863ecd5@mail.gmail.com> <1117399764.9619.12.camel@localhost> <1117466611.9323.6.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-ELTE-SpamVersion: MailScanner 4.31.6-itk1 (ELTE 1.2) SpamAssassin 2.63 ClamAV 0.73 X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-4.9, required 5.9, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -4.90 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamScore: -4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1108 Lines: 34 * Kyle Moffett wrote: > On May 30, 2005, at 13:31:07, Linus Torvalds wrote: > >On Mon, 30 May 2005, Pekka Enberg wrote: > >>It is not just X. Running the following shell script when hitting the > >>bug: > > > >Ok, this implies that the scheduler is really screwed up, we're not > >scheduling anything else during that time. > > If X is hung and not accepting data on any of its sockets, then this > could hang the Xterm in the background, and therefore hang the > printout from the "date" process. What happens if you do this? > > Switch to VT 1: > # while true; do date; sleep 1; done > > Switch to X and trigger hang > > Switch back to VT 1 and look at output yes, this would be an important test. Even better, do: while true; do date; sleep 1; done > log.txt to exclude any sort of console output as a source of delay. Ingo - 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/