From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Galbraith Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.0.4-rt13 Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:43:46 +0200 Message-ID: <1315817026.21927.27.camel@marge.simson.net> References: <1315764876.6352.61.camel@marge.simson.net> <1315814733.21927.16.camel@marge.simson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: LKML , linux-rt-users To: Thomas Gleixner Return-path: Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:54494 "HELO mailout-de.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753438Ab1ILInt (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:43:49 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1315814733.21927.16.camel@marge.simson.net> Sender: linux-rt-users-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Splitting ksoftirqd was somewhat useful. Seems somebody is firing off tasklets heftily, at least that's always current when the throttle kicks in and saves the day. (tip-rt13 UV100 box) [ 40.701221] ioatdma 0000:00:16.7: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 40.701239] ioatdma 0000:00:16.7: PCI INT D -> GSI 46 (level, low) -> IRQ 46 [ 40.701281] ioatdma 0000:00:16.7: setting latency timer to 64 [ 40.701696] ioatdma 0000:00:16.7: irq 128 for MSI/MSI-X [ 40.951009] RT: throttling CPU25 [ 40.951013] RT: Danger! (sirq-tasklet/25) is potential runaway. [ 40.951016] sched: RT throttling activated [ 40.951019] RT: throttling CPU26 [ 40.951026] RT: Danger! (sirq-tasklet/26) is potential runaway. [ 40.960010] RT: throttling CPU13 [ 40.960013] RT: Danger! (sirq-tasklet/13) is potential runaway. [ 41.000014] RT: throttling CPU13 [ 41.000014] RT: throttling CPU25 [ 41.000014] RT: throttling CPU26 [ 41.656925] Adding 1959924k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1959924k [ 41.950011] RT: throttling CPU25 [ 41.950013] RT: Danger! (sirq-tasklet/25) is potential runaway. [ 41.950024] RT: throttling CPU30 [ 41.950031] RT: Danger! (sirq-tasklet/30) is potential runaway. [ 41.951010] RT: throttling CPU21 [ 41.951014] RT: Danger! (sirq-tasklet/21) is potential runaway. [ 42.000014] RT: throttling CPU13