Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755644AbXKTX1a (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:27:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756020AbXKTX1F (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:27:05 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:50539 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755569AbXKTX1D (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:27:03 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:26:33 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: David Miller Cc: greg@kroah.com, jeremy@goop.org, gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, jkohen@users.sourceforge.net, akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@unsolicited.net Subject: Re: [stable] Soft lockups since stable kernel upgrade to 2.6.23.8 Message-ID: <20071120232633.GA23667@elte.hu> References: <20071120203919.GB10008@elte.hu> <20071120210315.GC13160@kroah.com> <20071120214927.GB24156@elte.hu> <20071120.151538.68704351.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071120.151538.68704351.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) 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=3.1.7-deb -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 862 Lines: 21 * David Miller wrote: > > so just to reiterate, to make sure we have the same plans: lets > > leave v2.6.22 and earlier kernels alone - and lets strive for the > > latest patches and code for v2.6.23 (and v2.6.24, evidently). > > I've validated that those patches make 2.6.23 behave on my Niagara > box. Great and thanks for testing it! Arjan noticed the shortness of the 1 sec sleep too, my suggestion would be to increase the sleep period to ~50 seconds and the detection threshold to 60 seconds - that should be large enough - instead of complicating the tick code even more. 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/