linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.18-rc7-mm1] slow boot

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Date:	Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:39:59 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	tilman@...p.cc
Subject: Re: [2.6.18-rc7-mm1] slow boot


* Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:

> "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com> writes:
> 
> > There's nothing stack trace/unwind related among the functions listed at all afaics.
> > I don't know much about how profiling works, is it perhaps just missing something?
> 
> Perhaps lockdep calls them with interrupts off? The old profiler 
> doesn't support profiling with interrupts off. oprofile does, but it 
> cannot be used at early boot.

Yes, lockdep does everything that changes the dependency graph(s) with 
irqs off. Jan, i bounced you the mail with the function traces included, 
that should show you the overhead points.

	Ingo
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