linux-kernel - Re: RT Throtteling with PREEMT-RT on UBIFS root fs update

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Date:	Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:15:16 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Tim Sander <tim.sander@....com>
cc:	linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RT Throtteling with PREEMT-RT on UBIFS root fs update

On Thu, 17 Nov 2011, Tim Sander wrote:
> Well it can be said that it is not ksoftirqd/0 going berserk which is 
> triggering this. So i guess when this message is printed it just shows that 
> the cpu had been temporarily overloded with work in interrupt context.
> Is there more harm to expect from this message or save to ignore if the 
> systemload is normal again?

There is no harm, this message is informative and if that behaviour is
directly related to an ubifs update then I'd say we should not worry
too much about it. Though it'd be interesting to poke the UBIFS folks
about it.

Thanks,

	tglx
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