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Message-ID: <20071122185121.GA1803@elf.ucw.cz>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:51:21 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: nohz and strange sleep latencies
Hi!
> > > Clock Event Device: hpet
> > > set_next_event: hpet_legacy_next_event
> > > set_mode: hpet_legacy_set_mode
> > > event_handler: tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast
> > >
> > > Clock Event Device: lapic
> > > set_next_event: lapic_next_event
> > > set_mode: lapic_timer_setup
> > > event_handler: hrtimer_interrupt
> > >
> > > Clock Event Device: lapic
> > > set_next_event: lapic_next_event
> > > set_mode: lapic_timer_setup
> > > event_handler: hrtimer_interrupt
> > >
> > > to me this has the feeling of lapic breakage in C2 mode. Does it get any
> > > better if you boot with 'nolapic'? (but that might in turn turn off
> > > high-res timers and nohz in essence) Thomas, any ideas?
> >
> > Hmm, lapic is considered unstable in c2 by default. You have to tell
> > the kernel that you trust it in C2 on the command line.
>
> yeah, i was wondering about that too. ACPI enumerated them properly at a
> certain stage:
>
> ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
> ACPI: CPU1 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
>
> but perhaps somehow we miss this fact and fail to turn off the lapic
> clockevents drivers?
I can confirm that setting max-cstate=1 helps. (Plus, problem gets
_way_ more visible with stripped down config. With usb and irda off,
time sleep .01 easily takes 2 seconds).
Pavel
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