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From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>
To: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: caglar@pardus.org.tr, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Avoid PIT SMP lockups
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:28:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <452DEEAB.3000403@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1160592235.5973.5.camel@localhost.localdomain>

john stultz wrote:
> Hey Gerd,
> 	Looks like the smp replacements code in 2.6.18 is breaking with vmware.
> I'm guessing we're taking an interrupt while apply_replacements is
> running. Any ideas?

Try switching the vmware configuration to "other OS".  This turns off
os-specific binary patching.  The alternatives code might have broken
assumptions vmware does about the linux kernel code ...

cheers,

  Gerd

-- 
Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de>
http://www.suse.de/~kraxel/julika-dora.jpeg

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-10-12  7:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-06 21:38 [RFC] Avoid PIT SMP lockups john stultz
2006-10-07 15:50 ` S.Çağlar Onur
2006-10-10  9:11 ` S.Çağlar Onur
2006-10-10 18:27   ` john stultz
2006-10-11 10:49     ` S.Çağlar Onur
2006-10-11 17:59       ` john stultz
2006-10-11 18:37         ` S.Çağlar Onur
2006-10-11 18:43           ` john stultz
2006-10-11 19:09             ` S.Çağlar Onur
2006-10-11 19:26               ` john stultz
2006-10-11 19:31                 ` S.Çağlar Onur
2006-10-12  7:28             ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2006-10-12  7:45               ` S.Çağlar Onur
2006-10-16 22:17                 ` Zachary Amsden
2006-10-16 22:21                   ` S.Çağlar Onur
2006-10-17 12:05                     ` S.Çağlar Onur
2006-10-17 12:16                       ` Andi Kleen
2006-10-19  8:00                       ` [PATCH] Fix potential interrupts during alternative patching [was Re: [RFC] Avoid PIT SMP lockups] Zachary Amsden
2006-10-19  8:49                         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-10-19  9:00                           ` Zachary Amsden
2006-10-20 10:36                             ` S.Çağlar Onur
2006-10-20  5:25                         ` Greg KH
2006-10-16 22:40                   ` [RFC] Avoid PIT SMP lockups Andi Kleen
2006-10-16 23:25                     ` Zachary Amsden
2006-10-16 16:08             ` Gerd Hoffmann
2006-10-16 16:22               ` Vmware problems was " Andi Kleen
2006-10-16 22:16                 ` Petr Vandrovec

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