Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.0.6-rt17

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On 10/07/2011 03:02 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2011, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > On 10/07/2011 10:25 AM, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > > On 10/06/2011 06:15 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > > I'm pleased to announce the 3.0.6-rt17 release.
> > >
> > > Hi and thanks again. So far this one is not hanging which is very good
> > > news. But I still see the hrtimer_fixup_activate warnings I reported for
> > > rt16...
> >
> > I tried rt17 on my workstation and it froze after a few minutes (quad core
> > intel based desktop). Reset button freeze. Then I set up my serial console and
> > tried it out. I could not get it to freeze permanently but I got _many_
> > hrtimer_fixup_activate warnings and while the console is sending those the
> > gnome interface freezes (this is on fc14). So it is not very usable for
> > debugging...
> >
> > Just tried again after another reboot (@ 115200 baud) and it worked for a
> > while. Then it started spewing messages again and it is again unusable. I'm
> > attaching a trace of what was sent to the serial console while the machine
> > froze temporarily.
>
> Does adding nohz=off to the kernel commandline solve it?
>
> You probably posted your .config before, but could you please send it
> again (private mail is fine).

(config sent privately)

"nohz=off" makes the warnings disappear! It appears to work normally but 
it has not been long :-)

-- Fernando
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