linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/4] timer/nohz: Fix timer/nohz woes

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Message-Id: <20171222170907.GJ7829@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Fri, 22 Dec 2017 09:09:07 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/4] timer/nohz: Fix timer/nohz woes

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 03:51:11PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Paul was observing weird stalls which are hard to reproduce and decode. We
> were finally able to reproduce and decode the wreckage on RT.
> 
> The following series addresses the issues and hopefully nails the root
> cause completely.
> 
> Please review carefully and expose it to the dreaded rcu torture tests
> which seem to be the only way to trigger it.

Best Christmas present ever, thank you!!!

Just started up three concurrent 10-hour runs of the infamous rcutorture
TREE01 scenario, and will let you know how it goes!

							Thanx, Paul