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 12:24:47 -0200
From:	"Luis Claudio R. Goncalves" <lclaudio@...g.org>
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>,
	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RT] tasklet/rt: Prevent tasklets from going into infinite
 spin in RT

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 08:55:20PM -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.

Steven,

I have a test box that would present the issue every 2 or 3 reboots,
consistently. Using your patch I have already rebooted the box 30 times
successfuly. And the test keeps going on... I feel confident to add my:

Tested-by: Luis Claudio R. Gonçalves <lgoncalv@...hat.com>

Cheers,
Luis

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