Re: 2.6.11-rc3-mm1: softlockup and suspend/resume

[Ingo Molnar]

* Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I've attached a patch for touch_softlockup_watchdog() below - but i think
> > what we really need is another mechanism. I'm wondering what the primary
> > reason for the lockup-detection is - did swsuspend stop the the softlockup
> > threads? 
> 
> If my understanding is correct, the time between suspend (ie the
> creation of the image) and resume (ie the resotration of the image) is
> considered as spent in the kernel, so it triggers softlockup as soon
> as its threads are woken up (is that correct, Pavel?).

ah, ok. Could you try my patch and add touch_softlockup_watchdog() to
the resume code (before interrupts are re-enabled)?

	Ingo
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