Re: latest -git: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/ipi.c:123 send_IPI_mask_bitmask+0xc3/0xe0()

Dave Jones
2008-08-25T19:17:07Z

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:08:23PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> >> Probably because you're using p4-clockmod, and it's crap.
> >
> > Really should really bite the bullet and just remove it. People
> > run in this all the time and I bet you can count the people who
> > actually use it consciously and usefully with one hand.
> >
> > Or at least only make it run when the user set a "I_REALLY_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING"
> > option explicitely.
>
> CONFIG_BROKEN?

It's not really broken (at least in the CONFIG_BROKEN sense), it just sucks
when used in the wrong situations. (Which is 99% of the use-cases people
try to use it).

Dave

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