linux-kernel - RE: [KERNEL BUG] do_timer/tick_handover_do

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Message-ID: <5C6899BCED92C94EBDCC00F80838E3D52113A8D3@SJEXCHMB06.corp.ad.broadcom.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 May 2015 05:58:38 +0000
From:	"Oza (Pawandeep) Oza" <oza@...adcom.com>
To:	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
CC:	pawandeep oza <oza.contri.linux.kernel@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	malayasen rout <malayasen.rout@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [KERNEL BUG] do_timer/tick_handover_do_timer 3.10.17

Yes.
But dying kernel doesn’t mean it CAN NOT INCREMENT jiffies.
do_timer should do the job until kernel takes its last breathe and more precisely CPU0 take its last breathe by halting itself as its last instruction.

Regards,
-Oza

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Galbraith [mailto:umgwanakikbuti@...il.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 11:25 AM
To: Oza (Pawandeep) Oza
Cc: pawandeep oza; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; malayasen rout
Subject: Re: [KERNEL BUG] do_timer/tick_handover_do_timer 3.10.17

On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 05:12 +0000, Oza (Pawandeep) Oza wrote:

> But after Crash, jiffies do not increment.

Your kernel said "I'M DEAD", that's a good reason to believe it.

	-Mike