Re: [PATCH 3/3] softlockup: fix watchdog task wakeup frequency

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Jun 30 2008 - 09:09:07 EST



* Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > + /*
> > + * Wake up the high-prio watchdog task twice per
> > + * threshold timespan.
> > + */
> > + if (now > touch_timestamp + softlockup_thresh/2)
> > wake_up_process(per_cpu(watchdog_task, this_cpu));
>
> That defeats patch 1/3 and I think it can be dropped (#1).

applied this updated patch to tip/core/softlockup. #3 didnt apply -
could you send a delta patch against tip/core/softlockup please? You can
pick it up via:

http://people.redhat.com/mingo/tip.git/README

do:

git-checkout -b core/softlockup tip/core/softlockup

to check it out.

Ingo
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