Re: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 15s! [swapper:0]

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Dec 08 2007 - 14:14:16 EST



* Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > while :; do time usleep 1111111; done
> >
> > or do these sleeps fluctuate?
>
> They seem to fluctuate - not sure if that's supposed to be exact or if
> below variations are normal - This is when my compiles are running -

it's normal for them to fluctuate a little when load goes up and the
task gets delayed.

'bad' fluctuations are ones that happen when the system is idle.

Ingo
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