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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0809031713040.3243@apollo.tec.linutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:15:40 +0200 (CEST)
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: "Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino" <lcapitulino@...driva.com.br>
cc: herton@...driva.com.br,
Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@...il.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.27-rc5 doesn't boot on a Pavilion laptop
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Dont think so. Your dmesg outputs do not show any sign of that
> disease.
>
> Can you try the patch below please ?
I found another instance of possible double init/shutdown. Please add
the patch below on top of the other 2 as well.
Thanks,
tglx
---
kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static void tick_do_broadcast_on_off(voi
struct clock_event_device *bc, *dev;
struct tick_device *td;
unsigned long flags, *reason = why;
- int cpu;
+ int cpu, bc_stopped;
spin_lock_irqsave(&tick_broadcast_lock, flags);
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ static void tick_do_broadcast_on_off(voi
if (!tick_device_is_functional(dev))
goto out;
+ bc_stoppped = cpus_empty(tick_broadcast_mask);
+
switch (*reason) {
case CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ON:
case CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_FORCE:
@@ -250,9 +252,10 @@ static void tick_do_broadcast_on_off(voi
break;
}
- if (cpus_empty(tick_broadcast_mask))
- clockevents_set_mode(bc, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN);
- else {
+ if (cpus_empty(tick_broadcast_mask)) {
+ if (!bc_stopped)
+ clockevents_set_mode(bc, CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN);
+ } else if (bc_stopped) {
if (tick_broadcast_device.mode == TICKDEV_MODE_PERIODIC)
tick_broadcast_start_periodic(bc);
else
--
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