linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Make hard lockup detection use timestamps

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Date:	Wed, 3 Aug 2011 11:27:16 -0700
From:	ZAK Magnus <zakmagnus@...gle.com>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Make hard lockup detection use timestamps

An update:

I realized that the timing function I was using was no good. On x86 it
will try to use the TSC but if it can't (which, as I understand, isn't
a very rare case), it will fall back on a jiffies-based solution. If
interrupts are disabled, time would appear to "stand still" and
lockups wouldn't be detected. So, looks like I have to nix this
particular patch and not change the hard lockup detection that much.

Meanwhile, I'm working on printing stack traces to a buffer/out to
file. I got some help and it looks like it's not that hard to do. I'll
send it when it's ready.
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