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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Michel Lespinasse <walken@zoy.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 24 lost ticks with 2.6.20.10 kernel
Date: 02 May 2007 14:54:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <p73irbbxu62.fsf@bingen.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070501130715.GB29131@zoy.org>

Michel Lespinasse <walken@zoy.org> writes:
> 
> running with report_lost_ticks, I see the following:
> 
> May  1 12:58:57 server kernel: time.c: Lost 24 timer tick(s)! rip _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x8/0x9)
> May  1 12:58:59 server kernel: time.c: Lost 24 timer tick(s)! rip _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x8/0x9)
> May  1 12:59:01 server kernel: time.c: Lost 25 timer tick(s)! rip _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x8/0x9)
> May  1 12:59:03 server kernel: time.c: Lost 24 timer tick(s)! rip _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x8/0x9)

This means some code disabled interrupts using a spinlock for far too long.
Can you add a dump_stack() in arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c:handle_lost_ticks()? That should 
tell the culprit

-Andi

      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-02 11:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-01 13:07 24 lost ticks with 2.6.20.10 kernel Michel Lespinasse
2007-05-01 15:34 ` Chuck Ebbert
2007-05-01 21:49   ` Michel Lespinasse
2007-05-01 22:08     ` Kok, Auke
2007-05-01 22:41       ` Chuck Ebbert
2007-05-01 22:45         ` Kok, Auke
2007-05-02  0:06       ` Lee Revell
2007-05-02  8:41       ` Michel Lespinasse
2007-05-02 16:07         ` Kok, Auke
2007-05-02 18:14         ` Kok, Auke
2007-05-03  6:27           ` e1000 issue on DQ965GF board (was 24 lost ticks with 2.6.20.10 kernel) Michel Lespinasse
2007-05-03 15:36             ` Kok, Auke
2007-05-03 15:56               ` Allan, Bruce W
2007-05-04 18:25             ` Kok, Auke
2007-05-04 21:15               ` Michel Lespinasse
2007-05-02 12:54 ` Andi Kleen [this message]

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