linux-kernel - Re: NOHZ: local_softirq

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Message-ID: <20120625195248.GA23220@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:52:48 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Marc Dionne <marc.c.dionne@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 09:28:39PM +0200, Francois Romieu wrote:
 > Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net> :
 > [7dbb491878a2c51d372a8890fa45a8ff80358af1]
 > > I just upgraded my rarely-used Atom based netbook from 3.3.5 to 3.4.4
 > > and got the "NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 08" message.
 > > Should this patch go into stable?
 > 
 > It should not change your life. I'll be fine with whatever policy davej,
 > tglx or davem see fit (assuming they share one :o) ).

it never seemed to cause any noticable problem that I observed (just the dmesg spew),
so I'm ambivalent about the whole thing now that it's fixed in 3.5rc :-)

	Dave 
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