Re: how can I touch softlockup watchdog on all cpus?

[Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 05:06:34PM +0100, Cestonaro, Thilo (external) wrote:
 > Hey,
 > 
 > my module generates this ugly softlockup dump, because all cpus are stopped longer then 10 secs.
 > What I do is:
 > [code]
 > local_irq_disable();
 > // my stuff which takes long and stopps all cpus
 > .....
 > touch_softlockup_watchdog();
 > local_irq_enable();
 > [/code]
 > 
 > this prevents a dump of my current cpu but not for all.
 > A call to smp_call_function with a function which calls touch_softlockup_watchdog in it,
 > doesn't work because smp_call_function needs to be done with irqs enabled, so the watchdog comes first :(.
 > 
 > Any hints or ideas how I can do it in a better way? Disabling softlockup watchdog is not possible for me.

You didn't explain _why_ you need to sleep for such a long time,
and as you didn't give a pointer to your code, there's not
much people can do to recommend changes other than "don't do that".

	Dave

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