Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932265AbWBUUWQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:22:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932322AbWBUUWO (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:22:14 -0500 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:35538 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932265AbWBUUWN (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:22:13 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:19:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20060221.121948.60060362.davem@davemloft.net> To: ak@suse.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu Subject: Re: softlockup interaction with slow consoles From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <200602212105.38075.ak@suse.de> References: <20060221.120143.15763934.davem@davemloft.net> <200602212105.38075.ak@suse.de> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2.53 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 588 Lines: 16 From: Andi Kleen Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:05:37 +0100 > The classic way is to just use touch_nmi_watchdog() somewhere > in the loop that does work. That touches the softwatchdog too > these days. "jiffies" aren't advancing, since interrupts are disabled by release_console_sem(), so that doesn't work. I tried that already :-) - 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/