linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RT] tasklet/rt: Prevent tasklets from going into infinite spin in RT

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Date:	Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:34:01 +0100
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	RT <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Luis Claudio R. Goncalves" <lclaudio@...g.org>,
	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RT] tasklet/rt: Prevent tasklets from going into
 infinite spin in RT

On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 05:32 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 20:55 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> > I booted this patch against 3.0-rt stable, and it didn't crash ;)
> > Could you apply it and see if it fixes the hang that you've been seeing.
> 
> I'll most certainly be testing it too.

Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>

The other me tested it too.  Coincidentally, he was having the same darn
problem with a fat enterprise config (on the same x3550 M3 too).

Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <mgalbraith@...e.de>

Thanks, I can now turn x3550 (by Pratt & Whitney) off for a bit.

	-Mike

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