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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 20:28:40 +0100 From: Mattia Dongili <malattia@...ux.it> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...ts.netfilter.org Subject: Re: dynticks + iptables almost stops the boot process [was: Re: 2.6.20-rc6-mm3] On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 05:48:26PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > Mattia, > > * Mattia Dongili <malattia@...ux.it> wrote: > > > > I have it halfways reproducible now and I'm working to find the root > > > cause. Thanks for providing the info. > > > > Great, I'm obviously available to test any patch :) > > Could you try the patch below? The RCU serialization code (a rare call > but can be common in some types of setups) has a nasty implicit > dependency on the HZ tick - which until now was a hidden wart but became > an explicit bug under dynticks. Maybe this is what is slowing down your > box. No, not this. Anyway the last patch Thomas forwarded does fix the problem. By the way, I have all the patches I received stacked up, if you want me to test some different combination, just ask. Thanks -- mattia :wq! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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