Re: [PATCH 1/3] softlockup: add sched_clock_tick() to avoid kernelwarning on kgdb resume

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Jan 29 2010 - 03:07:26 EST



* Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> @@ -118,6 +125,14 @@ void softlockup_tick(void)
> }
>
> if (touch_ts == 0) {
> + if (unlikely(per_cpu(softlock_touch_sync, this_cpu))) {
> + /*
> + * If the time stamp was touched atomically
> + * make sure the scheduler tick is up to date.
> + */
> + per_cpu(softlock_touch_sync, this_cpu) = false;
> + sched_clock_tick();
> + }
> __touch_softlockup_watchdog();
> return;

Shouldnt just all of touch_softlockup_watchdog() gain this new
sched_clock_tick() call, instead of doing this ugly flaggery? Or would that
lock up or misbehave in other ways in some cases?

That would also make the patch much simpler i guess, as we'd only have the
chunk above.

Ingo
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