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From: Philippe Gerum <rpm@xenomai.org>
To: Chris Stone <chris.stone@domain.hid>
Cc: "xenomai@xenomai.org" <xenomai@xenomai.org>
Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] How do I increase CPU time limit.
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:43:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F6897A5.70601@domain.hid> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <623784B6C75D274389918D358E89E8BB0B78F111@domain.hid>

On 03/20/2012 03:09 PM, Chris Stone wrote:
> I have a thread which uses a lot of CPU and it is receiving a SIGXCPU:
> Cpu time limit exceeded. Does this message really mean I have exceeded
> some CPU time limit? If so, how do I increase or disable the CPU time
> limit? The code that I am running has been working for quite some time
> under regular Linux and I have just ported it to Xenomai, so I doubt
> there are any infinite loops in it.

This could be the runaway thread detector triggering, after 4s of 
uninterrupted runtime (which is huge, is this intended?). This is a 
debug mechanism Xenomai implements to recover from a runaway thread 
chewing CPU in primary mode, without having to resort to the reset button.
You can either extend the grace period above the default 4s, using 
CONFIG_XENO_OPT_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT, or disable the watchdog entirely by 
switching off CONFIG_XENO_OPT_WATCHDOG. This said, 4s is really long 
already, so the regular kernel might not cope with even more starvation 
from normal interrupts.

Other explanation would be not time-related. If 
CONFIG_XENO_OPT_DEBUG_SYNCH_RELAX is enabled, any attempt to switch to 
secondary mode while holding a real-time (Xenomai created) mutex in the 
code would trigger such signal, as a warning to point out a priority 
inversion.

>
> *Chris Stone*
>
> Senior Software Engineer
>
> Optelian
>
> 1 Brewer Hunt Way
>
> Ottawa, Ontario K2K 2B5
>
> Phone: 613-287-2000 x2106
>
> _www.optelian.com <http://www.optelian.com>_
>
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-- 
Philippe.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-03-20 14:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-20 14:09 [Xenomai-help] How do I increase CPU time limit Chris Stone
2012-03-20 14:31 ` Mustafa ÇAMURLI
2012-03-20 14:43 ` Philippe Gerum [this message]
2012-03-20 23:40   ` Gilles Chanteperdrix

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