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Message-ID: <470F7620.6040705@free.fr>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:26:56 +0200
From: John Sigler <linux.kernel@...e.fr>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: NMI watchdog
Steven Rostedt wrote:
> John Sigler wrote:
>
>> I'm experiencing a full system lockup. I'm using an out-of-tree driver
>> which I suspect is responsible. I'm trying to enable the NMI watchdog.
>>
>> # cat /proc/version
>> Linux version 2.6.22.1-rt9 (gcc version 3.4.6) #1 PREEMPT RT Tue Oct 9
>> 12:25:47 CEST 2007
>>
>> # cat /proc/cmdline
>> ro root=/dev/hdc1 console=ttyS0,57600n8 console=tty0 panic=3 apic=debug
>> nmi_watchdog=2
>
> I've noticed on some boxes that nmi_watchdog=2 does what you state. Try
> out nmi_watchdog=1.
# diff boot_message013 boot_message014
49c49
< Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/hdc1 console=ttyS0,57600n8
console=tty0 panic=3 apic=debug nmi_watchdog=2
---
> Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/hdc1 console=ttyS0,57600n8
console=tty0 panic=3 apic=debug nmi_watchdog=1
69c69
< Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4802.79 BogoMIPS
(lpj=24013960)
---
> Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4802.80 BogoMIPS
(lpj=24014009)
88a89
> activating NMI Watchdog ... done.
97c98
< ..... CPU clock speed is 2400.1215 MHz.
---
> ..... CPU clock speed is 2400.1221 MHz.
98a100
> APIC timer registered as dummy, due to nmi_watchdog=1!
213a216,217
> Clockevents: could not switch to one-shot mode: lapic is not functional.
> Could not switch to high resolution mode on CPU 0
Do you know why nmi_watchdog=1 disables high-resolution timers?
And why nmi_watchdog=1 implies APIC timer registered as dummy?
# cat /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/available_clocksource
tsc acpi_pm pit jiffies
# cat /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource
tsc
# cat /proc/timer_list
Timer List Version: v0.3
HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES: 2
now at 4613373211613 nsecs
cpu: 0
clock 0:
.index: 0
.resolution: 10000000 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get_real
.offset: 0 nsecs
active timers:
clock 1:
.index: 1
.resolution: 10000000 nsecs
.get_time: ktime_get
.offset: 0 nsecs
active timers:
#0: <cf2c1ec0>, it_real_fn, S:01
# expires at 4630663830511 nsecs [in 17290618898 nsecs]
.expires_next : 9223372036854775807 nsecs
.hres_active : 0
.nr_events : 0
.nohz_mode : 0
.idle_tick : 0 nsecs
.tick_stopped : 0
.idle_jiffies : 0
.idle_calls : 0
.idle_sleeps : 0
.idle_entrytime : 0 nsecs
.idle_sleeptime : 0 nsecs
.last_jiffies : 0
.next_jiffies : 0
.idle_expires : 0 nsecs
jiffies: 431306
Tick Device: mode: 0
Clock Event Device: pit
max_delta_ns: 27461866
min_delta_ns: 12571
mult: 5124677
shift: 32
mode: 2
next_event: 9223372036854775807 nsecs
set_next_event: pit_next_event
set_mode: init_pit_timer
event_handler: tick_handle_periodic_broadcast
tick_broadcast_mask: 00000001
tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask: 00000000
Tick Device: mode: 0
Clock Event Device: lapic
max_delta_ns: 1006581321
min_delta_ns: 1799
mult: 35793226
shift: 32
mode: 1
next_event: 0 nsecs
set_next_event: lapic_next_event
set_mode: lapic_timer_setup
event_handler: tick_handle_periodic
# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 468721 IO-APIC-edge timer
4: 326 IO-APIC-edge serial
8: 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc
9: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
15: 15964 IO-APIC-edge ide1
16: 4217 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0
17: 2340 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1
18: 2340 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth2
19: 2340 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth3
NMI: 468690
LOC: 0
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
Regards.
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