From: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] XPC heartbeat timer function must run on CPU 0
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:11:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071108121119.GA3336@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071107135306.99AAF11C415@aqua.americas.sgi.com>
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 08:26:59AM -0800, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > Currently, XPC's heartbeat timer function runs on whatever CPU modprobe/insmod
> > ran on when XPC was started. To avoid the heartbeat from being delayed for
> > long periods the timer function must run on CPU 0.
>
> Does Altix allow hot remove of cpu0? If so, then you have a problem.
At this time Altix does not support hot remove of cpu0, but it is something
currently being worked on. At the time that feature is ready then this
code would indeed need to be modified. In the meantime, we have an existing
customer in need of a fix.
Thanks,
Dean
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-08 12:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-07 13:53 [PATCH] XPC heartbeat timer function must run on CPU 0 Dean Nelson
2007-11-07 16:26 ` Luck, Tony
2007-11-08 12:11 ` Dean Nelson [this message]
2007-11-14 20:49 ` Simon Horman
2007-11-14 21:12 ` Robin Holt
2007-11-14 22:11 ` Simon Horman
2007-11-14 22:19 ` Luck, Tony
2007-11-15 17:28 ` Simon Horman
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