Subject: Re: 2.6.30-rc2 soft lockups: ACPI?  clock source problem?
From: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       linux-acpi <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>, lenb@kernel.org,
       john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
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On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 20:45 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> (Is jstultz@us.ibm.com correct?)

Only I want it to go to the black hole which is Lotus Notes. :)

> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:30:38 -0700 Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> wrote:
> > This was during my first boot of 2.6.30-rc2.
> 
> Did it ever happen again?

I've seen it on three different boots, but the stack traces were a bit
different each time.  So, I assume it is a true timekeeping thing
instead of something *actually* locking up.

> I assume this is a post-2.6.29 regression?  (Yet another.  We've been
> extra bad this time)

This laptop has been quite good to me and I haven't rebooted since the
late 2.6.28 days.  It isn't anything special, though.  Just a Lenovo
T61.  I wonder if my .config is a bit different.

-- Dave

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