Re: [BUG] 2.6.2 crazy mouse under heavy load

[Bob Gill <gillb4@telusplanet.net>]

The exception seems to be coming from
linux-2.6.2/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c, specifically from

if (psmouse->state == PSMOUSE_ACTIVATED &&
            psmouse->pktcnt && time_after(jiffies, psmouse->last +
HZ/2)) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING "psmouse.c: %s at %s lost
synchronization, throwing %d bytes away.\n",
                       psmouse->name, psmouse->phys, psmouse->pktcnt);
                psmouse->pktcnt = 0;
        }


where (for me) HZ is 1804768000, and therefore HZ/2 is 902384000,  
psmouse->pktcnt is 3, and (I assume) PSMOUSE_ACTIVATED is non-0 after
boot.  I assume that pktcnt is fed by interrupt, and the problem then is
that psmouse->last + HZ/2 blows past the jiffies value, causing the
warning message to be issued.  When mouse service finally comes back,
pktcnt is non-zero (and possibly whatever the maximum is that it will
hold), and when it flushes, the mouse pointer goes nuts for a second. 
The real problem then, is why does the sum of ps->last + HZ/2 grow to
beyond the size of jiffies (or what is delaying the mouse service)?

This is just a rough guesstimate of what is going on, but seems to fit
the facts.   Cheers!

Bob