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Date:	Mon, 3 Sep 2007 03:47:20 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
Cc:	rusty@...tycorp.com.au, vatsa@...ibm.com, zwane@....linux.org.uk,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: cpu hotplug support broken in 2.6.23-rc3

Hi!

> > Can you try 20-or-so tests? Mine hangs randomly, so it survived 4 or
> > so cycles at one point.
> 
> Mine still survives with this ... with sleep 1 ...
> 
> # for((i=0; i<100; i++)); do echo $i; echo $((i % 2))
> >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online; sleep 1; done
> 
> and this as well ... without sleep ...
> 
> # for((i=0; i<100; i++)); do echo $i; echo $((i % 2))
> >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online; done
> 
> I'm on reiserfs. gcc 3.4.5. Config sent to you seperately so as not to
> cloud lkml. If anyone wants the config, please let me know. Is mime
> "attachment" acceptable now on lkml?

Ok, so it gets weirder. I have now machine in "hung" state; other
consoles still work, but there are no timers -  sleep 1 hangs forever.

sysrq-t shows kstopmachine hung in hrtimer_try_to_cancel.

So I indeed suspect difference-in-kconfig to trigger this, and will
try disabling noidlehz.
								Pavel

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