lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <4958B9B7.8060505@nessie.de>
Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:51:19 +0100
From:	Michael Roth <mroth@...sie.de>
To:	Andrew Drake <zappacky.lists@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Funny problem with 2.6.28: Kernel stalls

Andrew Drake schrieb:
> Michael Roth wrote:
>> The funny part: If I hit any key (on the keyboard connected by USB) the
>> kernel resumes to normal work until the next stall.
>>
> 
> This sounds a little bit like my old problem... try kernel option nolapic_timer.
> It worked for me, perhaps it can do the same for you.

I didn't checked nolapic_timer (yet), but found these small changes to
the kernel config do the trick for me:


--- config-not-working  2008-12-28 16:09:29.000000000 +0100
+++ .config     2008-12-28 16:15:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -153,9 +153,8 @@
 #
 # Processor type and features
 #
-CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT=y
 # CONFIG_NO_HZ is not set
-CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
+# CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS is not set
 CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BUILD=y
 # CONFIG_SMP is not set
 # CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE is not set
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@
 # CONFIG_HZ_300 is not set
 CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
 CONFIG_HZ=1000
-CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK=y
+# CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK is not set
 # CONFIG_KEXEC is not set
 # CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is not set
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x100000
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ