Re: [BUG] Something goes wrong with timer statistics.

[Stephane Casset <sept@logidee.com>]

Le Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:38:48PM +0200, Ian Kumlien écrivait :
> Hi, 
> 
> As the daystar sets, i try to play some with my new would be
> firewall/server, but since this will be running for quite some time i
> have been experimenting with powertop to find out what i can do to limit
> it's power usage.
> 
> But, if i run powertop for too long or a few times to many... this
> happens:
> http://pomac.netswarm.net/pics/kernel_panic.jpg
> 
> If i don't run powertop, it is rock solid... Compiling for hours,
> running memtest for hours etc etc... 

Same here, P4 HT, if I run powertop for 5-10 minutes the system crash :(
It happens with 2.6.22-rc{2,3} at least :( I didn't try before.

I don't have a oops since the last crash was in X, but next time I will
try to catch it. If there is any patch around to fix this I am willing
to test.

Regards
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