Re: [Question] softlockup in run_timer_softirq

From: John Stultz
Date: Wed May 03 2023 - 23:00:06 EST


On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 6:50 PM liujian (CE) <liujian56@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2023/5/2 11:06, John Stultz wrote:
> > So I wanted to revive this old thread, as Frank Woo mentioned his team
> > has seen a similar issue as well.
> >
> > Liujian: I'm curious if you've made any further progress with your
> > adapted patch ontop of PeterZ's softirq_needs_break patch series?
> >
> Hi John,
> Only the commit ("softirq, timer: Use softirq_needs_break()") is
> added to the patchset of Peter, and no other modification is made.
> > Might it be worth re-submitting the whole series for consideration upstream?
> >
> I agree very much and expect, because we often encounter similar
> problems when doing fuzzy tests (especially when the test machine is poor).

Ok. Will you submit the series + your patch to the list for review and
consideration then?

Please include Frank and Rhine on CC so they can validate and provide
Tested-by: tags if it works for them as well.

thanks
-john