Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757449AbZJBRF5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:05:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757414AbZJBRF5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:05:57 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:40625 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757410AbZJBRF4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:05:56 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:05:50 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Frans Pop Cc: Trevor Hemsley , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Temperature above threshold loop with 2.6.31.1 Message-ID: <20091002170550.GA28428@elte.hu> References: <20091002134430.SOPU22934.aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@trevor2.dsl.pipex.com> <200910021703.31679.elendil@planet.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200910021703.31679.elendil@planet.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) 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=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1404 Lines: 37 * Frans Pop wrote: > Trevor Hemsley wrote: > > I just downloaded and installed the latest 2.6.31.1 kernel on my > > machine here and I think I found a small bug. Shortly after boot I > > start to receive messages like > > > > CPU0: Temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = > > 21672) > [...] > > More importantly, I get approximately 100,000 of these messages per > > minute and the machine is completely unusable. All of these are for > > CPU0 - at least all the ones that get written to /var/log/messages. > > > > 1,666 notifications a second seems a little on the 'too frequent' side > > of things to me :-) > > Looks like this may already be fixed in mainline by the following commit: > commit b417c9fd8690637f0c91479435ab3e2bf450c038 > Author: Ingo Molnar > Date: Tue Sep 22 15:50:24 2009 +0200 > x86: mce: Fix thermal throttling message storm > > Can you confirm that please, either by compiling current git or by applying > that commit on top of 2.6.31.1? > > Ingo: is that patch already scheduled for stable? Not yet - i just forwarded it. Thanks for pointing it out, 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/