linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Rate-limit the RTC 'missed interrupts' warning.

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sat, 5 Aug 2006 08:46:26 +0200
From:	Matthias Urlichs <smurf@...rf.noris.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rate-limit the RTC 'missed interrupts' warning.

Hi,

Andrew Morton:
> > Cc: recipient list not shown: ;
> 
> I'm assuming there was supposed to be a mailing list there.
> 
No, just mutt and/or exim being stupid.
> 
> What is causing your machine to lose so many RTC interrupts?

*One* was probably initializing the Zaptel card(s).

I don't know; the stuff scrolled off the screen way too fast.
(Could that printk itself provoke the condition?)

Aug  4 22:29:22 smurf kernel: rtc: lost some interrupts at 1024Hz.
Aug  4 22:29:53 smurf last message repeated 1526 times
Aug  4 22:30:54 smurf last message repeated 3049 times
Aug  4 22:31:54 smurf last message repeated 3002 times

After patching and rebooting, I haven't seen the message again yet.

-- 
Matthias Urlichs   |   {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de   |  smurf@...rf.noris.de
Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de
 - -
"Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies
 I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells."
               [Martin Luther]
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/