2.6.23-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Ingo Molnar patch a3b13c23f186ecb57204580cc1f2dbe9c284953a in mainline. sched_clock() is not a reliable time-source, use cpu_clock() instead. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- kernel/softlockup.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/softlockup.c +++ b/kernel/softlockup.c @@ -43,14 +43,16 @@ static struct notifier_block panic_block * resolution, and we don't need to waste time with a big divide when * 2^30ns == 1.074s. */ -static unsigned long get_timestamp(void) +static unsigned long get_timestamp(int this_cpu) { - return sched_clock() >> 30; /* 2^30 ~= 10^9 */ + return cpu_clock(this_cpu) >> 30; /* 2^30 ~= 10^9 */ } void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void) { - __raw_get_cpu_var(touch_timestamp) = get_timestamp(); + int this_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(); + + __raw_get_cpu_var(touch_timestamp) = get_timestamp(this_cpu); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_softlockup_watchdog); @@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ void softlockup_tick(void) return; } - now = get_timestamp(); + now = get_timestamp(this_cpu); /* Wake up the high-prio watchdog task every second: */ if (now > (touch_timestamp + 1)) -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/