Re: [patch 0/4] timer/nohz: Fix timer/nohz woes

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri Dec 22 2017 - 12:09:03 EST


On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 03:51:11PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Paul was observing weird stalls which are hard to reproduce and decode. We
> were finally able to reproduce and decode the wreckage on RT.
>
> The following series addresses the issues and hopefully nails the root
> cause completely.
>
> Please review carefully and expose it to the dreaded rcu torture tests
> which seem to be the only way to trigger it.

Best Christmas present ever, thank you!!!

Just started up three concurrent 10-hour runs of the infamous rcutorture
TREE01 scenario, and will let you know how it goes!

Thanx, Paul