linux-kernel - Re: Yet more softlockups.

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Date:	Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:39:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Vince Weaver <vince@...ter.net>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: Yet more softlockups.

On Wed, 10 Jul 2013, Dave Jones wrote:

> Something is really fucked up in the kernel side of perf.
> I get this right after booting..
> 
> [  114.516619] perf samples too long (4262 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
> 
> That's before I even get a chance to log in, so I'm pretty sure perf isn't even being run.
> 
> And this is just booting up my desktop, not fuzzing.

This is probably related to the problem described in the thread
   perf: fix interrupt handler timing harness
   http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1520775
which in theory has a fix.  Not sure why it'd trigger during boot.
NMI watchdog?

Vince

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