linux-kernel - Re: SwSusp to disk doesn't work

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Date:	Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:09:52 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Milan Broz <mbroz@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: SwSusp to disk doesn't work - Try 2

On Sunday, 11 March 2007 21:57, Milan Broz wrote:
> Thomas Meyer napsal(a):
> > Rafael J. Wysocki schrieb:
> >> On Sunday, 11 March 2007 21:23, Milan Broz wrote:
> >>   
> >>> Rafael J. Wysocki:
> >>>     
> >>>> Ah, NO_HZ.  Thomas Gleixner's address added to the Cc list.
> >>>>
> >>>>       
> >>>>> short printk trace 
> >>>>>
> >>>>> enable_nonboot_cpus
> >>>>>  _cpu_up
> >>>>>   raw_notifier_callchain (CPU_UP_PREPARE)
> >>>>>     ...
> >>>>>     update_sched_domains
> >>>>>      detach_destroy_domains
> >>>>>        [waits here] --> synchronize_sched (==synchronize_rcu)
> >>>>>         
> >>>> Well, I think the call to wait_for_completion() does not return, probably
> >>>> because the task supposed to complete the completion is frozen at this
> >>>> point.  Can you please try to confirm that it gets stuck on
> >>>> wait_for_completion() in synchronize_rcu()?
> >>>>       
> >>> Yes, it's in wait_for_completion() in synchronize_rcu().
> >>> As noted in some previous mail, it will wake up after
> >>> event - key press etc.
> >>>
> >>> Patch in http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/7/255 solves different problem.
> >>> I added it to my quilt and applied anyway -> no change.
> >>>     
> >> Does the problem go away if NO_HZ is unset?
> >>   
> > 
> > i tried to boot with nohz=off, but the problem did persist.
> 
> Hmmmm, both variants (nohz=off or recompiled kernel without NO_HZ) works for me.

Definitely something strange is going on here.

I think we need an advice from someone who knows the RCU internals.

Andrew, could you please tell me whom I should ask?

Rafael
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