2009/9/19 Dan Naumov <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 2:25 PM, C. C. Tang <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Attilio Rao wrote: >>>> >>>> 2009/9/17 C. C. Tang <[email protected]>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dan, is that machine equipped with Hyperthreading? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Attilio >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes. It's an Intel Atom 330, which is a dualcore CPU with HT (4 cores >>>>>> visible in "top" as a result) >>>>> >>>>> Yes, mine is also Atom 330. >>>>> >>>>> I cannot test the patch because my machine is also in production now. >>>>> But I >>>>> have tested it with hyperthreading. >>>>> powerd with HyperThreading -> spin lock hold too long >>>>> powerd without HyperThreading -> no problem >>>>> no powerd with/without HyperThreading -> no problem >>>> >>>> But these are with the last patch I posted in? >>>> (specifically, for 7.2: >>>> http://www.freebsd.org/~attilio/sched_ule.diff >>>> ) >>>> >>>> So with the patch in, powerd and hyperthreading on you still get a >>>> deadlock? >>>> >>>> Attilio >>>> >>>> >> I have patched the sched_ule.c and did a make buildkernel & make >> installkernel (is buildworld and installworld necessary?), rebooted and the >> machine is running now. >> I will post here again if there is any update. > > Considering we are at RC1 right now, is there any chance this patch > makes it into 8.0 release if the patch fixes the issue and doesn't > cause any regressions? Unfortunately I can't test it myself right now, > so I have to rely on other people experiencing the same issue to see > if the patch fixes it.
I alredy committed it to STABLE_8 and then it will make it for sure. Attilio -- Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
