linux-kernel - Re: latest -git: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/ipi.c:123 send_IPI_mask

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Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:47:02 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: latest -git: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/ipi.c:123
	send_IPI_mask_bitmask+0xc3/0xe0()

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:36:49PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
 
 > > If we get a thermal event that was caused by temporary
 > > increased workload, temperature will drop off again when that workload
 > > is complete.
 > 
 > But none of the cpufreq governours do this. They only care about
 > load, not about temperature.

Which is good enough to stop p4 laptops from shutting down as
soon as they've finished booting up.

 > > For sustained workloads we'd get additional thermal events, at which
 > > time we make a decision "ok, we've throttled as far as we can, and
 > > things are still going badly, power off".
 > 
 > That is what the ACPI driver does when the trip point is reached.

yes, except for that "we've throttled" part.
 
	Dave

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