Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 05:39:30 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: jhb@FreeBSD.ORG (John Baldwin), bright@wintelcom.net (Alfred Perlstein), current@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, rjesup@wgate.com Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: await/asleep removal imminent Message-ID: <200101181339.f0IDdUK14717@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <200101181309.OAA84777@freebsd.dk>
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Soren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Peter Wemm wrote: > > > > Hmm. with the mp_machdep.c fix committed, that leaves the only other > > significant difference being the re-enable of HLT when a cpu goes idle > > in i386/i386/machdep.c. > > That still lockups, tried a freshly checked out sys... > > > The refcount.[ch] stuff is not relevant to this problem. > > > > The kern/subr_prf.c change doesn't *appear* to be a likely candidate, > > unless you are printing lots of console messages during the buildworld.. > > > > The kern/vfs_aio.c are not relevant as VFS_AIO is not in GENERIC. > > > > The rest are comments, mtx_assert()'s or DDB activation related. > > > > Soren, can you retest a buildworld with the currently committed kernel > > with no other changes? Let us see if the forward_signal() stuff is the > > culprit, and if not, try adding just the i386/i386/machdep.c patch to HLT > > the idle CPU. (if *that* makes a difference then we have got trouble!) > > I'll try adding the forward_signal stuff see if that helps... But John committed that! it should be in the fresh checkout you tried above.... Of course, that is assuming you cvsup'ed very recently.. > -Søren > Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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