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Message-ID: <20120921203149.GI28835@atomide.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:31:49 -0700
From:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Paul Walmsley <paul@...an.com>, "Bruce, Becky" <bbruce@...com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>,
	"<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	"<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"Hilman, Kevin" <khilman@...com>,
	"Shilimkar, Santosh" <santosh.shilimkar@...com>,
	"Hunter, Jon" <jon-hunter@...com>,
	"<snijsure@...d-net.com>" <snijsure@...d-net.com>,
	fweisbec@...il.com
Subject: Re: rcu self-detected stall messages on OMAP3, 4 boards

* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> [120921 12:58]:
> 
> Just to make sure I understand the combinations:
> 
> o	All stalls have happened when running a minimal userspace.
> o	CONFIG_NO_HZ=n suppresses the stalls.
> o	CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ (which depends on CONFIG_NO_HZ=y) has
> 	no observable effect on the stalls.

The reason why you may need minimal userspace is to cut down
the number of timers waking up the system with NO_HZ.
Booting with init=/bin/sh might also do the trick for that.

Regards,

Tony
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