From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:06:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:06:59 -0500 Received: from landfill.ihatent.com ([217.13.24.22]:27776 "EHLO mail.ihatent.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:06:58 -0500 To: Stephen Evanchik Cc: Benjamin LaHaise , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.54] hermes: serialization fixes References: <200301031239.29226.evanchsa@clarkson.edu> <20030103124754.A16519@redhat.com> <200301031256.41451.evanchsa@clarkson.edu> From: Alexander Hoogerhuis Date: 06 Jan 2003 18:40:17 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200301031256.41451.evanchsa@clarkson.edu> Message-ID: <878yxyqiri.fsf@lapper.ihatent.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Stephen Evanchik writes: > On Friday 03 January 2003 12:47, you wrote: > | Why not put the spinlock/unlock inside hermes_bap_seek()? Smaller, better > | contained and more readable. > > That's the better solution, I'm trying to coordinate a bit with the > maintainer. The only reason I didn't do this in the first place is because > there is a (possibly unecessary) delay loop inside hermes_bap_seek that I > believe is trying to combat the same problem. I'm awaiting a response from > the maintainer since he knows a bit more about the hardware than I do. > There is something not quite right about this patch. I used have a ton of errors in my logs, and this patch seemed to clear this out nicely. When I run with a patched driver now, I run for about 20 minutes with various loads and sudenly the ksoftirqd_CPU0 process starts to hog my CPU and not wanting to let go. As soon as I pull out the card, the load returns to normal. Is there any way I can provide more details on what is happening? > > Stephen > mvh, A -- Alexander Hoogerhuis | alexh@ihatent.com CCNP - CCDP - MCNE - CCSE | +47 908 21 485 "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it." --Scott McNealy