linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.30-rc2 soft lockups: ACPI? clock source problem?

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Message-Id: <1240513827.7224.2.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:10:27 -0700
From:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, lenb@...nel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.30-rc2 soft lockups: ACPI?  clock source problem?

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 11:31 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 20:45 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > (Is jstultz@...ibm.com correct?)
> 
> Only I want it to go to the black hole which is Lotus Notes. :)
> 
> > On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:30:38 -0700 Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net> wrote:
> > > This was during my first boot of 2.6.30-rc2.
> > 
> > Did it ever happen again?
> 
> I've seen it on three different boots, but the stack traces were a bit
> different each time.  So, I assume it is a true timekeeping thing
> instead of something *actually* locking up.
> 
> > I assume this is a post-2.6.29 regression?  (Yet another.  We've been
> > extra bad this time)
> 
> This laptop has been quite good to me and I haven't rebooted since the
> late 2.6.28 days.  It isn't anything special, though.  Just a Lenovo
> T61.  I wonder if my .config is a bit different.

I've got a T61 at home, so I'll try to test it out. Dave, can you send
me your .config? Also any chance you can bisect this down a tiny bit?

thanks
-john

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