Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:25:19 +0800
From:      "C. C. Tang" <hiyorin@gmail.com>
To:        Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: 7.2-release/amd64: panic, spin lock held too long
Message-ID:  <4AB36E1F.6080401@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4AB21005.6040104@gmail.com>
References:  <cf9b1ee00907061812r3da70018i1c8d8d12bb038a80@mail.gmail.com>	 <3bbf2fe10909121432x7bd4f7es497e9431c4e520d6@mail.gmail.com>	 <cf9b1ee00909121502v66566b46p754ed2f2e549555@mail.gmail.com>	 <4AB1A838.2040406@gmail.com> <3bbf2fe10909170216u29d994aj55c21efdfbc26ba5@mail.gmail.com> <4AB21005.6040104@gmail.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> Attilio Rao wrote:
>> 2009/9/17 C. C. Tang <hiyorin@gmail.com>:
>>>>> Dan, is that machine equipped with Hyperthreading?
>>>>>
>>>>> Attilio
>>>> Yes. It's an Intel Atom 330, which is a dualcore CPU with HT (4 cores
>>>> visible in "top" as a result)
>>> Yes, mine is also Atom 330.
>>>
>>> I cannot test the patch because my machine is also in production now. 
>>> But I
>>> have tested it with hyperthreading.
>>> powerd with HyperThreading -> spin lock hold too long
>>> powerd without HyperThreading -> no problem
>>> no powerd with/without HyperThreading -> no problem
>>
>> But these are with the last patch I posted in?
>> (specifically, for 7.2:
>> http://www.freebsd.org/~attilio/sched_ule.diff
>> )
>>
>> So with the patch in, powerd and hyperthreading on you still get a 
>> deadlock?
>>
>> Attilio
>>
>>
I have patched the sched_ule.c and did a make buildkernel & make 
installkernel (is buildworld and installworld necessary?), rebooted and 
the machine is running now.
I will post here again if there is any update.

Thanks,
C.C.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4AB36E1F.6080401>