Re: [Bug #11543] kernel panic: softlockup in tick_periodic() ???

Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-09-23T13:52:40Z

On Tuesday, 23 of September 2008, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Sep 2008, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > of recent regressions.
> >
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > from 2.6.26. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
> > (either way).
> >
> >
> > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11543
> > Subject : kernel panic: softlockup in tick_periodic() ???
>
> The softlockup issue itself is fixed, but there are issues with
> nmi_watchdog. I think we should remove the regression and keep the bug
> alive to chase the other issues.

Well, for the sake of documentation I'd prefer to close this bug and create a
new non-regression one for the other issues if that's not a problem.

Thanks,
Rafael