linux-kernel - Re: Fwd: Fwd: laptop / computer hardlocks during execution of 32bit applications(binaries) on 64bit system (Gentoo)

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Message-Id: <200801102122.51507.edt@aei.ca>
Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:22:51 -0500
From:	Ed Tomlinson <edt@....ca>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Matthew <jackdachef@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Fwd: laptop / computer hardlocks during execution of 32bit applications(binaries) on 64bit system (Gentoo)

>> - if yes, does booting with "nmi_watchdog=2 idle=poll" give you a 
>>   working NMI watchdog? (working NMI watchdog means the NMI counts 
>>   increase for all cores in /proc/interrupts).

> booting with the above gives me an incrementing NMI counter in /proc/interrupts

Ingo,

Is there anything else that needs to be set in the kernel config for the nmi watchdog to trigger?

I ask because I just had a hang but nothing showed on the _serial_ console - I waited a couple
of minutes before rebooting....  Is there any other way to verify the watchdog is working?

I seem to need X active with mix of 32 and 64 bit applications active to get hung here.  A massivily
threaded 64 bit java app along with 32 bit firefox and a wine active will eventually trigger things here.
If I had to guess I would say that it the switch from 32 to 64 (or vise versa) that triggers the isuue.

TIA & test/debug patches welcome,
Ed Tomlinson

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