linux-kernel - Re: BFS vs. mainline scheduler benchmarks and measurements

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Message-ID: <20090910100214.GB21314@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:02:14 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: BFS vs. mainline scheduler benchmarks and measurements


* Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> wrote:

> I went to try -tip btw, but it crashes on boot. Here's the 
> backtrace, typed manually, it's crashing in 
> queue_work_on+0x28/0x60.
> 
> Call Trace:
>         queue_work
>         schedule_work
>         clocksource_mark_unstable
>         mark_tsc_unstable
>         check_tsc_sync_source
>         native_cpu_up
>         relay_hotcpu_callback
>         do_forK_idle
>         _cpu_up
>         cpu_up
>         kernel_init
>         kernel_thread_helper

hm, that looks like an old bug i fixed days ago via:

  00a3273: Revert "x86: Make tsc=reliable override boot time stability checks"

Have you tested tip:master - do you still know which sha1?

	Ingo
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